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Stone Earrings
An earring is a traditional piece of jewellery attached to the ear. Stone earrings indicate the sign of affluence or power, especially diamond earrings. Jewellery made with gemstones has been a part of humanity since before history was written. Ancient people wore Jewellery made of feathers, bones, shells, and colored pebbles. These colored metals were gems and have been admired for their beauty and durability and made into ornaments. The earliest findings of Jewellery were dated around 25,000 years ago.
The historical background of Indian stone earrings takes us back to the history of the country itself as both are almost equally old. Indian Jewellery, especially stone earrings have played an important role in highlighting the beauty of the various dance forms like kuchipudi, kathak or bharatnatyam.
More than 5000 types of gemstones are used currently to make stone Jewellery in the world. These gemstones are divided into two categories
1. Precious gemstones
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Diamond Stone - A diamond is a symbol of enduring love because of its durability and longevity. Diamonds mostly occur as isolated crystals.
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Sapphire Stone - Sapphire is one of the precious stones typically blue in colour, but natural sapphires also exist in yellow, purple, orange, and green colours
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Ruby - A ruby is a pink to blood-red coloured gemstone; a variety of the mineral corundum. The quality of a ruby depends on its colour, cut, and clarity. The brightest and most valuable shade of red available among rubies is called blood-red.
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Emerald - Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl, coloured green by trace amounts of chromium and vanadium.
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Pearl - A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusc or another animal
2. Semi-precious Gemstones
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Moonstone Jewellery - Moonstone is one of the types of feldspar-group mineral orthoclase.
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Opal Stone Jewellery - Opal is a white-coloured semi-precious gemstone of the silicate mineral family recognized for its excellent play of colours
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Aquamarine Stone Jewellery - Aquamarine is a shiny blue coloured, transparent, precious gemstone of the Beryl family. It is the birthstone of March born people.
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Amethyst Stone Jewellery - Amethyst is a Purple variety of Quartz
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Tanzanite Stone Jewellery - Tanzanite is a violet-blue coloured gemstone of the Zoisite mineral family, found only in Tanzania.
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Watermelon Stone Jewellery - It is the name given to the most colourful members of the tourmaline mineral family.
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Zircon Stone Jewellery - White Zircon is a highly transparent, colourless, semi- precious gemstone of the Nesosilicates mineral family.
