Faceted Onyx & Pearl Earrings Made in Ireland Irish

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Faceted Onyx & Pearl Earrings Made in Ireland Irish

• Hand crafted in Ireland

Specification

• Length  2" inchs long
• Combination of semi-precious and silver
• Comes with a presentation gift box 

Agate

Agate is a variety if Quartz characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in various types of rocks they are clasically associated with volcanic rocks.

The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist who discovered the stone along the shore line of the River Achates between the 4th and 3rd Centuries BC.

Pearl

A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk, the ideal pearl is round and smooth but many shapes of pearl occur.

Pearls are highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty and have been used in jewelry for centuries.

Onyx

Onyx is a form of Quartz. Its colors can vary from white to almost every color. Onyx is a Latin word meaning claw or fingernail. It has been used in jewelry since Greek and Roman times as well as making bowls and pottery items.

In folk religion it has sometimes been used for targets of psychic attacks lending it a supernatural tradition