Silver Post Earrings
Archeologists believe Silver jewelry dates back to the beginning of 3000 BC. It has been found in some modern day burial excavations of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur. Mines around Anatolia, which is the area around modern day Turkey. It’s considered one of the first major sources of Silver. In 2500 B.C., the Chaldeans were the first culture to extract the metal Silver from other ores, which left behind slag piles. In the 20th Century, major Silver discoveries were found in Utah, Colorado, and Nevada. Today, the city of Taxco in Mexico is considered the modern center of fine Silverwork.
The Silver with the most popularity used for making jewelry such as Silver Post Earrings is Sterling Silver, which is 92.5% Silver and 7.25% Copper. Its characteristics of a light color, malleability, and strength make this a wonderful metal to work with. Sterling Silver jewelry, for example, Sterling Silver Post Earrings, is usually marked for fineness.
Although the Collection of Silver Post Earrings has a wide selection of etched, twisted, overlay, or stamped Sterling Silver Post Earrings, it also features gemstones such as Turquoise, Coral, Opal, Jet, Lapis, Gaspiete, and Malachite cut with perfect precision for inlay designs. The Inlaid designs may have only one gemstone or have a multi-stone inlay. Each pair of Silver Post Earrings is set against the brilliance of Sterling Silver, and each pair has a post mount with a stud or dangle attached to the stud.
The Turquoise ranges in color from a light to dark blue, greenish blue to dark green in color, and may show dark veins called matrix. The variety of color is due to the Copper in blue Turquoise and Copper and Iron in green Turquoise. The Turquoise stones are semi-translucent to opaque.
The two types of coral used in handcrafting jewelry are Calcareous, which is the beautiful pink or deep red Ox Blood from the Mediterranean Sea, and Conchiolin. Calcareous Coral is most often used to create Native American Jewelry.
The Opal is Lab Opal, or Synthetic Opal, which has the same chemical composition and structure as Natural Opal. Because it is created in a laboratory, Lab Opal Jewelry such as the Silver Post Opal Earrings, are much more affordable.
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