Oyster Copper Turquoise Sterling Silver Dangle Earrings

There are shores where copper bleeds into turquoise, and a silversmith sees an earring in the tide. Oyster copper turquoise is among the rarer expressions of the stone: iron and copper oxides trapped inside the host matrix leave veins of russet and sienna threading through the characteristic blue-green, so that no two cabochons carry quite the same cartography. The setting here is sterling silver, worked into a dangle silhouette that frames the stone with quiet authority. The form recalls the sensibility of Rajasthani silver jewellery from the Jaipur tradition, where artisans have long understood that unadorned metalwork and an honest stone need nothing between them but proportion. At just five-and-a-half centimetres tall and under a centimetre wide (1.15 inches by 0.35 inches), and weighing a bare 5.4 grams, the earring carries the lightness of something found rather than fabricated. Wear these with an indigo block-print kurta and the silver reads as elemental, grounded. For evening, they translate equally well against the warm ivory of a chanderi silk blouse, the copper notes in the stone picking up candlelight with an almost amber warmth. The free-size fitting suits most ear piercings, and the slender profile means they settle without pulling. Sterling silver at this weight requires only occasional gentle polishing with a dry cloth to maintain its quiet, unplated lustre through daily wear.

Details

• Material: Sterling Silver
• Dimensions: 1.15 Inch Height x 0.35 Inch Width
• Weight: 5.4 g
• SKU: LDE012