Hand hammered sterling silver hoop earrings (25mm) adorned with thick clusters of Keshi Pearls (8mm avg) make a stunning, chic statement.
These earrings measure 2 1/2 inches long from the bottom of the sterling silver French wire earring hook.
Keshi pearls are formed when the oyster rejects and spits out the implanted nucleus before the culturing process is complete, or the implanted mantle tissue fractures and forms separate pearl sacs without nuclei. These pearl sacs eventually produce pearls without a nucleus.
Because the oyster has expelled the implanted nucleus of the pearl, the resulting keshi pearl is 100% nacre.
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