Chocolate Silky Sapphire Arrow Earrings

Gorgeous, faceted, chocolate silky sapphire stones look good enough to eat. I hand-forged the shaft of these stylized arrows from sterling using vintage metal forming dies. Textured backs because the backs should be beautiful too. Approximately 2 1/2 inches from the top of the ear wire to the bottom of the earring. All sterling. The sterling ear wires, hand-stamped with a tiny star detail. The back has my maker's mark.
 
Small batch. All sterling. Beautiful stones. One-of-a-kind. Hand built in the heart of the West.
 
+About silky sapphires:
Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum and is one of the hardest and most durable gemstones, after diamonds. It is the most highly sought after blue gemstone but comes in a variety of other, beautiful colors like green, peach, pink, brown, gold, purple, orange and more. The red variety of sapphire is known as ruby. Sapphires can exhibit a glowing aspect called chatoyancy and star sapphires are prized for their moving star effect. Silky sapphires have a velvety appearance due to needle-like inclusions in the stone, known as "silk". These inclusions give the stone a glowing effect.
 
+ Details:
+ All pieces are slowly and carefully handmade, in my studio in Sheridan, Wyoming. Because of this, each piece is unique and may contain the slight imperfections that you would expect with a handcrafted item. Perfectly imperfect!
+Each piece is marked with my maker's mark. Earrings are sometimes difficult to mark because of the size and may or may not be marked (please see photos.)
+ As with all handmade jewelry, please be mindful to take care of it. It should not be worn in the shower, while cleaning, during strenuous activities such as sports, or in the water.
+ Sun, heat, lotions and chemicals can affect stones negatively. Clean silver (not stones) with a gentle polishing cloth, especially for jewelry (Sunshine polishing cloth is recommended and included with your purchase).