Aquamarine & Pearl 9ct Gold Drop Earrings

These are an original pair of aquamarineAquamarine (from the Latin, “water from the sea”) is a blue variety of the mineral, beryl, of which emerald is the less durable but more prized green variety. Aquamarine was believed to protect sailors at sea and banish fear. and natural pearlA pearl-bearing mollusc that has not been tampered with by man to produce a cultivated pearl will produce a ‘natural pearl’. drop earrings, circa 1905, EdwardianJewellery made in the Edwardian era (1901-1914).. They are 9ct37.5% pure gold (or 375 parts pure gold and 625 parts other metals) gold, light and pretty.