MATCHING NECKLACES, BRACELETS, AND ANKLETS ALSO AVAILABLE. NOTE: Item’s Picture/s Enlarged to Show the Fine Details. Brand New, Never Used Silver Coral Bead Earrings. 100% Solid .925 Sterling Silver (Not Plated, Not Bonded, Not Filled) Post Stud Earrings With Genuine, Indo-Pacific Seas Black Coral Round Beads. – Coral Support Details: Please Note, There Are Three Physically Known Characteristics of Black Corals That Need to Be Addressed For Customers to Better Understand This Design is Genuine. First, Overall Light Weight: The Weights of Some Black Coral Species Are the Lightest Weighing of All Known Coral Varieties Due to the Way They Grow in Branch Form. At Times, This Might Confuse Uninformed Consumers Who Are Not Aware of This Biologically Known Fact and Possibly Raise Questions Into Their Believing They Are Not Purchasing a Genuine Black Coral Product. Please Be Assured This Design is Created With ONLY Genuine Black Coral Pieces (Not Plastics, Not Fakes, Not Synthetic, Not Anything Else). Second, Tacky or Waxy Feel: As Certain Species of Black Coral Grows, Their External and Internal Keratin-Based Skeletons Are Inherently and Naturally Populated With Overlapping Branch Layers, Concentric Growth Rings, and Are Internally Highly Porous (As Shown in Picture of a Crushed Bead at Bottom of This Listing). To Stabilize and Protect These Natural Internal Growth Inclusions, Reduce Cracking/Splintering, Reduce Absorption From External Caustic Liquids, and Maintain a Long Lasting Durability, “Calibrated Round-Shaped Beads” Are Typically Surface Lacquer Coated and Highly Polished to Seal These Internal and Normally Surface Visible Inclusions. Hence, This Protective Outer Coated Layer Produces a Smooth, Waxy to Vitreous Glass-Like Polished Surface Luster. When Black Coral Beads Are Rubbed Against Each Other, They Will Feel Slightly Tacky and Will Not Rub Away Smooth as With Pink, White, or Red Corals. This “Tacky” Trait Again, Might Lead Consumers to Believe They Have a “Plastic-Made” or an Other Than Coral Product Due to the Combined “Light Weight and Waxy Feel”, When They in Fact Are Holding Genuine Pieces of Black Coral Beads That Have Been Surface Lacquered. Pink, White, and Red Coral Varieties Are, For the Most Part, Internally Much More Solid and Dense, Are Substantially Heavier in Weight Comparison, and Do Not Require Any Protective Coating. When Surface Polished, Pink, White, and Red Corals Will Produce a Smooth, Slick Surface and Will Have a Marble-Like Clinking Sound, Similar to Tapping On a Coffee Cup or Tapping Large Pearls Against Each Other. Third, Bead Shapes and Sizes: Although These Round Beads Have Been Calibrated, Polished, and Surface Coated, Each Bead is Shaped Slightly Unique to the Very Next Bead, Very Similar to Round Cultured Pearls. This is Clearly Observable Using a Jeweler’s Loupe or Magnifying Glass as One Bead Might Appear Almost Perfectly Round While the One Next to it Might Have a Very Subtle Oval or Egg Shape. Aside From Shape, There Are Slight to Subtle Millimeter Width Differences in Each Bead. Hence, It Would Be Extremely Difficult to Reproduce Each of These Unique Shape and Size Combinations in a Plastic Mold or Any Mold as Many Thousands of Individual Molds Would Have to Be Created to Reproduce the Various Shapes and Sizes Differences Displayed With Just One Coral Necklace. These Coral Pieces Were Fished From the Northern Indo-Pacific Waters and Calibrated Into a Single-Strand of Round Beads. There Are No Known Breaks or Cracks on These Pieces. Similar to High-Grade Cultured Pearls, Any Surface Fault Lines (Extremely Subtle Growth Rings, Surface Imperfections, or Very Scarce Tiny-Sized Dimples or Surface Pours) Noted Are Surface Inclusions Created By Calibrating the Rough Pieces Into Round-Cut Shaped Beads. – Design: Black Coral Beads; Calibrated Cabochon-Cut Round Beads, Solid Sterling Silver Settings, High Polish Luster, Smooth Lacquered Surface, High Polished Finish, Post Studs. – Size: Selectable (From 6.0mm Round to 12.0mm Round). – Measurements (Widths, Weights, Total Carat Weights): 6.0mm (Approx. Just Under 1/4″ Round); Approx. 0.65 grams Total; 0.35 grams Coral (3.00 Cts Total); 0.3 grams Sterling Silver. 8.0mm (Approx. Just Over 5/16″ Round); Approx. 1.2 grams Total; 0.9 grams Coral (8.00 Cts Total); 0.3 grams Sterling Silver. 10.0mm (Approx. Just Over 3/8″ Round); Approx. 1.8 grams Total; 1.4 grams Coral (13.00 Cts Total); 0.4 grams Sterling Silver. 12.0mm (Approx. Just Under 1/2″ Round); Approx. 3.0 grams Total; 2.6 grams Coral (24.00 Cts Total); 0.4 grams Sterling Silver. – Coral Features: Source Origin: Central to Northern Indo-Pacific (A Triangular-Shaped Area Encompassing the East China Sea South of Japan to the Western Pacific Ocean Off North Eastern Australia to the Eastern Indian Ocean Off the Western Malaysian and Indonesian Archipelagos); Shape: Symmetrically Round-Shaped Beads (Approx. 99.4%-99.1% Round), Calibrated Cabochon-Cut; Grade: Premium High Quality, Very Good; Color/s: Rich, Deep Midnight Black Color Background; Luster: The Luster on These Coral Beads Are Outstanding With Superb Lacquered Glossy and Reflective Surface Qualities; Blemishes: These Round-Cut Calibrated Coral Beads Display No Noted UnNatural Surface Imperfections, Virtually Surface Flawless and Smooth With Natural Surface Imperfections Observable Using Only a 10X Jeweler’s Loupe; Matching: Pieces Match Well in Overall Color Distribution and Appearance. – Design Features: These Are a Gorgeous Hand-Made Pair of Sterling Silver Post Coral Earrings. The Earrings Are Created Using 100% Genuine Black Coral Beads Crafted With a Smooth, Surface Lacquered Polished Finish. The Design Features a Pair of Single, Round-Shaped Cabochon-Cut Beads. The Beads Are Half-Drilled and Affixed Onto Solid Sterling Silver Post Stud Settings. The Posts Are Centered in the Middle Directly Behind Each Coral Bead. Purchase Assurance of Quality: As Each Pair of These Earrings Are Created Using Hand-Cut, Black Coral Pieces, Each Pair is Slightly Unique to the Next For Your to Enjoy; There Are Very Subtle Variations in the Coral’s Surface, Luster, Shape, and Width Sizes, All of Which Are Approximately Represented in the Item’s Picture. The Item’s Picture/s Display All the Main Appearance Characteristics Provided in Each Pair of Earrings Purchased. Stamped .925 For the Assurance Mark of Solid .925 Sterling Silver Purity. Item’s Picture/s Enlarged to Show the Fine Details. Please Understand We Should Not Be Held Responsible For Delivery Time Once Your Order Has Shipped as We Are Not the Individuals Delivering Your Package. USPS Express Delivery (2-Days Guaranteed) From Hawai`i for All U.S. Addresses. Please Feel Free to Contact Us With Any Questions. Live Aloha! FLAT RATE COMBINED Shipping/Checkout: Please Process Your Own Invoice Transaction or Contact Us to Request Assistance With Your Checkout or to Adjust an Invoice Within 3-days After Completing All of Your Shopping. If You Are Purchasing Multiple Items, Please Do Not Complete a Separate Checkout Payment For Each Individual Item Separately! Unless Otherwise Noted, We Offer a Cost-Effective, Single FLAT RATE Combined Shipping For Unlimited Quantities Purchased When All Multiple Purchased Items Have Been Included Into One Order’s Invoice During Your Checkout. At Times, Some Individual Items Within a Multiple Item Order Might Not Combine Properly Into One Flat Rate Checkout Invoice. In These Situations, Please Contact and Request Seller to Create Your Order’s Invoice Total Before Completing Your Payment. To Keep Shipping Costs Low, One Gift Box Total is Included in Every Single-Item, Multiple-Item, or Seller Combined Free Shipping Order. Mahalo (Thank you) For Your Purchase!

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