Edwardian Natural Ruby & Natural Pearl Cluster Earrings

A charming pair of 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold BurmaBurma (modern day Myanmar) is one of most celebrated sources of the gemstone, ruby. Coming out of Mogok, known as the ‘Valley of Rubies’, the gemstones, along with sapphires and spinels, have been sourced there for at least 1,500 years, and are prized for their luminosity. rubyOne of the most valuable gemstones on earth. From the corundum family, the red variety being ruby and the blue, sapphire. With the exception of the diamond, corundum is the hardest of the gemstones on the Mohs scale scoring a 9. and natural pearlA pearl-bearing mollusc that has not been tampered with by man to produce a cultivated pearl will produce a ‘natural pearl’. earrings, made circa 1910.They are not large but lovely quality and an unusual design.