Natural Pearl Earrings - Tahitian Black Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Rosebud shops Pearl - Choice of 4
This listing is for your choice of 4 styles of pearl earrings.
1. Tahitian black pearl, freshwater rosebud pearl, Wyoming jade, 10K gold huggie hoop, 8.5 mm black pearl, 1/2" hoop (can be worn with any, all, or none of the removable gemstone drops)
2. Tahitian platinum pearl, 14 x 11 mm, 2 1/4" x 3/4" total
3. Tahitian black pearl, 9.7 mm, 1 3/4" total length
4. Australian white South Sea pearl, 10 x 8 mm, 1 5/8" total length
Shipping insurance is included according to the value of the item.
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.
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.
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.
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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl
Jade has been used for practical and decorative shops purposes for millennia. It's found around the world, and can come in a variety of colors, though green is the color that most often comes to mind when we think of jade. The term "jade" applies to both nephrite and jadeite.
Jade is associated with the sign of Taurus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade