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MARCASITE & OPAL EARRINGS set in .925 STERLING SILVER FREE SHIPPING !!

MARCASITE & OPAL EARRINGS set in .925 STERLING SILVER FREE SHIPPING !!

$ 20.59

Availability: 95 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Main Stone: Marcasite
  • Metal Purity: .925
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Metal: Sterling Silver
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

    Description

    Marcasite is a genuine, natural gemstone. Marcasite is derived from a natural mineral called 'pyrite'. Pyrite is found in many parts of the world, but only a small fraction of it is suitable for the cutting processes required to create marcasite jewelry. Marcasite is both an elegant and fashionable gemstone.
    During medieval Europe, legal restrictions on the buying and selling of diamonds made way for a new sparkly substitute. Such laws may have been thought to keep the poor under submission and in an identifiable state creating obvious class and wealth divisions. It is said that even Louis 14th of France decreed that only he should wear diamonds. As diamonds, amongst other luxury goods, were legislated to be the reserve of the wealthy and aristocratic, marcasite entered the market as a cheaper alternative.
    These laws and sanctions on luxury items created a kind of black market of imitation gemstone productions. Venetians became faux pearl experts, publishing guides on how to make them using egg whites and glass amongst other unusual ingredients.