Insouciant Studios Shelldance Earrings

Insouciant Studios "Shelldance" earrings, Part of the Natural History Collection. These dangle earrings are handmade from genuine fossil bivalves. These earrings feature two lovely fossils on 14k rose gold filled Earwires & hand twisted 14k rose gold filled wire, accented with lovely faceted sunstone and lemon quartz rondells.

Measurements
Total Length: 2 1/8 inches
Total Width: 3/4 inch

Materials

Quartz (SiO2, Silicon Dioxide) is the second most abundant mineral of the Earth's crust. Quartz has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale, an occurs in a variety of colors, from colorless to black. Some of the colors have their own gem names:
Purple: Amethyst
Yellow: Citrine
Yellow and Purple: Ametrine
Green: Prasiolite
White: Milk, snow
Brown/gray/black: Smoke
Pink: Rose
[Mineralogy, Perkins]