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Find Out MoreAn unusual pair of 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold GeorgianJewellery made in the Georgian era (1714-1830). earrings with coiled rope design gold work and spear shaped drops. They are set with specimen fern agates. These were extremely popular in Georgian jewellery. No two agates are exactly alike. Over the years they have been referred to as either tree, picture or landscape agates due to the naturalistic patterns they portray. Ironically, they are not true agates but, instead, range from a translucent colourless to whitish-grey variety of chalcedonyA microcrystalline type of quartz occurring in several different forms including onyx and agate. quartzQuartz is a silicon oxide with the various colours being derived from metallic oxides. Varieties include amethyst, citrine and smoky., with markings known as dendrites, which derives from the Greek word “dendron” for tree. The plant-like structures in black and brown display an organic appearance, but the markings are actually inclusions with traces of iron or manganese, which crystallise inside the agate’s fine surface fractures and create the branch and single tree, or multiple woodsy, motifs. These earrings were made circa 1800-1820.
Unmarked, tested to 18ct gold
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