Leland Blue Stone Stud Earrings beaded hoop earrings These earrings are lightweight and

These earrings are lightweight and weight in at 2 grams per earring

Ear wires are hand made of 20 gauge sterling silver wire

Large oval lapis lazuli set in fine and sterling silver on a sterling silver saddle band

Teardrop dendritic agate set in hand fabricated sterling silver setting accented with 18 karat gold with sterling band

The posterior is etched with a photo of the sand dreding machine from the Library of Congress of Dredge #5 in the Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields in Nome

Leland Blue Stone Stud Earrings beaded hoop earrings These earrings are lightweight andLeland blue stone, a slag glass that remains from iron refining that is found in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Leland was an industrial town anchored by the iron industry. Heaps of iron slag were dumped into the harbor on Lake Michigan. These pieces of slag glass continue to wash up on these beaches today, and are collected and sometimes cut into pieces that can be cut into cabochons that can be used in jewelry. Earrings measure 10mm x 15mm Set in