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Pair of Cultured Pearl, Blue Chalcedony and Diamond Ear Pendants
Each suspending two carved cultured pearls with synthetic turquoise nuclei, to a cabochon blue chalcedony top, decorated with brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in white gold, post and butterfly fittings, length approximately 42 mm.
Full-Cataloguing
World's first pearl with coloured nucleus. GIA call it "the Galatea Pearl". It is a real cultured pearl Patent by Galatea # US20040112086A1. Created by nucleating an oyster with a man-made coloured stone bead, the pearl is hand-carved after harvesting to expose the colour beneath the nacre. The interior bead of this lot is man-made turquoise, specially manufactured to Galatea's specifications for the creation of this pearl.