Opal Dangle Earrings

Drop dangle 18K gold earrings. Dendrite opals are like nature's time capsule, memorizing a moment in time millions of years ago. In these drop earrings, the opal is set in a beautiful organic 18K gold setting and matched with a black and white enameled fine silver miniature, emphasizing its crisp clean color palette. These elegant organic earrings make a great gift. In the winter or in the summer they will highlight any outfit. "Winter". The inspiration for these drop-dangle earrings comes from nature and ancient techniques of manual jewelry making, such as granulation, fusing, metal forming, and enameling. These techniques were introduced by pre-Classical Sumerian, Mycenaean and Minoan cultures and built upon during Greek Classical and Hellenistic periods when naturalistic forms were introduced. My designs are influenced by the skill and the laborious attention to detail paid by the artisans throughout thousands of years of jewelry design. Created for a modern woman, these 18K gold handmade earrings make a great gift, a stylish statement without being over-the-top. Material weights are approximate. ---Black and white enamel on fine silver ---Dendric opal **Is also known as Moss Opal or Melinite, a form of chalcedony with tree-like natural inclusion in the opal stone. It’s a name given to any opal with a tree or fern-like silicates or manganese oxides. Metaphysically dendritic opal...