Kasumi Pearl Earrings in Gold - retailer Chinese Hybrid Kasumi Pearl - Choice of 3

These earrings are made of beautiful hybrid, Chinese Kasumi pearls and amethyst beads. They are made with 14K yellow and rose gold-filled wire with gold-filled and copper beads. They all measure about 1 3/4" in length.

1. 14 x 12 x 10 mm pearls, yellow gold-filled wire, stardust accent bead

2. 13 x 12 x 12 mm pearls retailer, rose gold-filled wire

3. 13 x 12 x 12 mm pearls, rose gold-filled wire

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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.

The pearls in these earrings are huge cultured freshwater pearls from China. The mollusk used is a hybrid of the mollusks used for Kasumi pearls made in Lake Kasumi-ga-Ura in Japan mixed with the mollusks that produce the large South Sea pearls. The combination creates pearls with the size of South Sea pearls and the pink/purple/bronze/gold colors of Kasumi pearls.

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

Amethyst is probably the first thing everyone thinks of when you think of "purple gemstone." It has been used since ancient times, mentioned in the Bible, used in engraving and jewelry in ancient Egypt and the Greeks wore it in the belief it prevented drunkenness. It's the most precious and valuable member of the quartz family, and varies from a light orchid pinkish-violet to a deep purple, the colors of royalty. When grown in combination of the yellow version of quartz, citrine, ametrine is formed.

Amethyst is the birthstone of February, and represents the zodiacal sign of Pisces and the planet Neptune.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amethyst