Second, turquoise In many Asian societies, blue is regarded as auspicious, and many special powers are attributed to this blue or bluish gem. Some Tibetan communities believe that wearing turquoise rings can ensure a safe journey. Dreaming of turquoise means auspiciousness and the beginning of a new life. Wearing turquoise to turn green is a sign of liver disease. Some people say that this shows the function of turquoise to suck out jaundice virus.
Many Tibetans wear a turquoise ornament around their necks, which is regarded as the soul. An ancient legend describes the relationship between turquoise and soul: according to God's will, the subjects of the Tibetan king are not allowed to throw any turquoise into the river because the soul may leave his body and die.
Turquoise is usually used as beads. Dimensions range from 8 to 60 mm, polished or unpolished. Turquoise can be the main bead or washer on the rosary, and 108 beads are sacred. Most Tibetan women also make necklaces with turquoise beads and other valuables such as coral, amber, pearls and jadeite. Wearing this jewelry means personal safety for the husband who goes out for business.
Turquoise is also an important amulet container, jewelry and jade in Asia. Every Tibetan has one or several such containers to store religious documents. Protective items such as cloth pieces or pocket religious figures cut from the clothes of senior lamas. This kind of container can be an ordinary cloth bag, but it is more beautifully carved gold and silver boxes, rarely without turquoise decoration. Sometimes a piece of turquoise with a suitable size is placed in the center, and sometimes many flawless turquoise, diamonds, rutile and emeralds are uniquely arranged on the 24K gold ancestral objects. It is particularly worth mentioning that in Lhasa and central Tibet, a special type of amulet is popular: a mandala (Buddha statue and its place of worship) box consisting of two crossed squares of gold and silver, usually the whole box is decorated with turquoise.