Art Deco Chrysocolla Earrings italian emergency cash

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which dates it from between 1902 and 1909)

some wear to the face commensurate with age and use

pair of Victorian earrings modelled as gold bells

Art Deco Chrysocolla Earrings italian emergency cashDATE: With vivid colours akin to Persian turquoise and lapis lazuli, these striking earrings feature carved chrysocolla a minor ore of copper, its name translated from the ancient Greek for "gold" and "glue", alluding to the name of the material first used to solder gold by Theophrastus in 315 BC. Prior to 2006 it was considered to be a hydrated copper phyllosilicate mineral, however further spectrographic study indicates it may be a mixture of copper