Lapis Lazuli Drop Earrings in Yellow Gold

18kt yellow gold dangling earrings (hallmark: owl), holding two drops of lapis lazuli, topped with small pearls by a knotted chain. Alpa clasps. Vintage work. Gross weight: 5.11 g Total height: 3.40 cm Width: 1.10 cm Condition: very light micro scratches on the gold parts, light oxidation, natural inclusions in the stones, see photos. Did you know that lapis lazuli gets its name from a double origin: Latin (lapis means stone) and Arabic (azul means blue )? And even more surprising, did you know that it is not a mineral like most other gems used in jewelry but a rock, in other words an assembly of different minerals such as lazurite, calcite, sodalite, and pyrite? All our antique earrings.