925 Sterling Silver Turquoise CZ Star Stud Earrings
Turquoise is the oldest sky. The ancient Egyptians called it "mefkat" — the stone of joy and delight — and mined it in the Sinai Peninsula more than six thousand years ago, long before the pyramids were built. The turquoise that was inlaid in the golden death mask of Tutankhamun, the turquoise that the Aztec emperors wore as the most sacred of all stones, the turquoise that the Navajo and Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest have used in their most important ceremonial jewelry for more than a thousand years — all of it is the same color: the blue-green of the sky at noon on a clear day, the color that is simultaneously the most serene and the most vivid, the color that appears to contain both the blue of the sky and the green of the earth in a single stone. Turquoise is the birthstone of December — the month of the winter solstice, the longest night, the moment when the sky is most present and most important because the sun is most absent. The star — the shape that has guided sailors and travelers and dreamers since the beginning of human history, the point of light in the night sky that is the most reliable and most beautiful navigation tool the world has ever known — is the perfect form for the turquoise stone. The turquoise star earring takes the color of the daytime sky and gives it the shape of the nighttime sky — the stone that is the color of noon set in the form of midnight, the complete sky in a single earring. White zircon CZ accent stones add the sparkle of stars around the turquoise center. This 925 sterling silver stud earring sets turquoise and white zircon CZ in the star design using the inlay technique, in 14K gold or platinum plating, at 1.06g. The earring that wears the complete sky on the earlobe.
Why You'll Love It
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Turquoise — The Oldest Sky — Turquoise — the stone that the ancient Egyptians called "the stone of joy," that was inlaid in Tutankhamun's golden death mask, that the Aztec emperors wore as the most sacred of all stones, that the Navajo and Pueblo peoples have used in their most important ceremonial jewelry for more than a thousand years. The blue-green of the sky at noon on a clear day, the color that contains both the blue of the sky and the green of the earth in a single stone. The turquoise earring that carries the meaning of the world's most ancient and most beloved sky-colored gem.
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December Birthstone — The Gift of the Winter Sky — Turquoise is the birthstone of December — the month of the winter solstice, the longest night, the moment when the sky is most present and most important. The turquoise CZ star stud is the perfect gift for the person born in December — the fine jewelry piece that carries the meaning of their birth month in the most vivid and most ancient sky-blue, the birthstone earring that is simultaneously the most meaningful and the most beautiful.
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Star Design — The Shape of the Night Sky — The ⭐ star — the shape that has guided sailors and travelers and dreamers since the beginning of human history, the point of light in the night sky that is the most reliable and most beautiful navigation tool the world has ever known. The turquoise star earring that takes the color of the daytime sky and gives it the shape of the nighttime sky — the complete sky in a single earring, from noon to midnight.
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Turquoise + White CZ — Sky and Stars — Turquoise in the center and white zircon CZ accent stones around it — the vivid blue-green of the turquoise sky and the diamond-look sparkle of the CZ stars, the daytime sky and the nighttime stars in the same earring. The turquoise that is the color of the sky and the CZ that is the sparkle of the stars — the complete celestial story in the most compact and most wearable form.
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Two Plating Options — Choose 14K gold plating for the warm, classic finish that gives the turquoise CZ star its most luminous and most traditional expression — the gold setting that echoes the gold settings of the ancient Egyptian and Aztec turquoise jewelry, the warm metal that makes the blue-green turquoise appear most vivid and most radiant. Or choose platinum plating for the cool, modern white metal look that gives the turquoise star its most contemporary expression — the silver setting that makes the turquoise appear most pure and most luminous by contrast.
Product Details
- Material: 925 Sterling Silver
- Plating: 14K Gold Plated / Platinum Plated
- Main Stone: Turquoise — Inlay
- Accent Stone: White Zircon (CZ) — Inlay
- Design: Star Stud
- Weight: 1.06g (per pair)
- Style: Celestial, Minimalist, Turquoise Fine Jewelry CZ Star Stud Earrings
- Birthstone: December
- Occasion: Everyday wear, December birthdays, gifting, self-purchase, all occasions
