Art Deco Chrysocolla Earrings love token Star Sapphire - 9

Star Sapphire - 9

By the 13th century glassmaking had become a vital part of the Venetian city state's economy

‘Let it either persuade me to be sober

the industry was revived in the 15th century

and emerald - up until the 18th century

Art Deco Chrysocolla Earrings love token Star Sapphire - 9DATE: 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