About this Product
This listing is for your choice of 3 earrings featuring White South Sea, Keshi and Tahitian black pearls with faceted blue topaz gems, on sterling silver with stainless steel lever backs. They measure about 1 1/2" in total length.
1. South Sea white keshi pearls measuring appx 7.6 x 6.6 mm, oval blue topaz
2. South Sea cultured pearls measuring appx 9.5 x 9 mm, round blue topaz
3. Tahitian black cultured pearls measuring appx 9.9 x 8.5 mm, round blue topaz
Insurance and tracking is included in the shipping price for US addresses on account of the item's value.
Pearls are one of the most beloved gems, used for millennia in jewelry and decoration, and are the only gems grown inside a living organism. The first recorded mention of pearls is 7,500 years old. They are one of a few organic gemstones, including ivory, amber, and coral.
South Sea pearls are currently the largest, most rare, and most valuable pearls produced today. They are produced by the silver or golden lipped oyster, known scientifically as the Pinctada maxima oyster, which are found on the shores of Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Tahitian pearls are the second most valuable commercially farmed pearls in the world, due to their naturally dark color and large size. The only larger and more valuable pearls are South Sea. Tahitian pearls are called black pearls, but the colors range from black, to dark or light gray, and nearly white, with iridescent peacock colors of dark or light green, pink, purples, blue and bronze-brown. They are produced by the Pinctada Margaritifera oyster, which is found exclusively in Tahiti and several other French Polynesian islands.
Keshi pearls are free-form, non-nucleated pearls, often the by-product of pearl cultivation and, as a result, they are solid nacre and can have incredible luster.
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Pearls are one of the birthstones of June, along with color-changing alexandrite, and moonstone. It is also the 3rd and 30th wedding anniversary gem.
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Topaz is one of the most well-known gems due to it being used for decoration for thousands of years, as well as being mentioned in the Bible and Middle Age texts on gemstones. In ancient Egyptian times, it was believed that yellow topaz received its golden hue from the Sun God, Ra. It is found in a variety of colors all over the world, though most commonly known in gold or orange colors.
Topaz is the birthstone of November and associated with the zodiacal sign Sagittarius, and the gemstone for the 23rd wedding anniversary. Orange topaz is the state gemstone of Utah, and blue topaz is the state gemstone of Texas as well as being the 4th wedding anniversary gemstone.
JReneau
Meet the Maker
I am the mother of three daughters. I also have four grandchildren, 2 boys and 2 girls. We all live here & see each other nearly everyday. I am very blessed.
I have been an artist all my life. I have painted in watercolor for over 40 yrs. I have been a paper maker for 16 yrs. Look in my shop sections for Fine Art and Handmade Paper. I have been a jewelry artist for 12 yrs.
I take my work seriously. I use the best materials and am proud of my creations. I’m in love with color change gemstones and feature them as often as I can. I also love American Gemstones and do some rock hounding myself.
If you are looking for a particular gem or mineral, contact me. I have lots of goodies not show in my shop yet. Blessings, Jane
Shop Policies
Returned items must be in the original condition for refund. We urge you to insure the package as we are not responsible for loss or damage. Please notify us of your intent to return the item prior to shipping.
We accept returns and cancellations
- Contact me within: 3 days of delivery
- Ship items back within: 7 days of delivery
- Request a cancellation: as soon as possible, before the order has shipped.
- Buyers are responsible for return shipping costs and insurance. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.
