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North & South | Vintage Black Hills Gold Earrings with Lab-Created Black Opals, c.1980s

North & South | Vintage Black Hills Gold Earrings with Lab-Created Black Opals, c.1980s

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$385.00 USD
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Meet North & South,

A Pair of Vintage Mt. Rushmore Black Hills Gold Opal Earrings

Sourced from a Costa Mesa, California estate, this lovely pair of vintage South Dakota-crafted Black Hills Gold earrings feature marquise cut lab-created black opals that roll with red and green play of color across their surfaces.

Likely manufactured sometime around the 1980s by the all-American company, Mt. Rushmore Black Hills Gold, the earrings themselves are made from solid 10k yellow gold and are decorated with 12k rose and green gold grape leaf designs.

Solid 14k yellow gold butterfly push-backs included.

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The Stones: Lab-Created Black Opal, synthetic

  • average brightness of color play: B2.5 of 5
  • average body tone: N1
  • shape: marquise cut cabochons
  • average stone measurements (millimeters): 5.97mm x 3.02mm
  • average stone measurements (inches): 0.25" x 0.1"
  • color play description: predominantly red with green overtones

The Settings: Black Hills Gold Stud Earrings with Grape Leaf Design Pushback Posts

  • metal (main): 10k yellow gold, solid
  • metal (leaf design accents): 12k rose and green gold, solid
  • friction-back posts with 14k gold butterfly push-backs
  • average earring length: 13.15mm (0.5")
  • average earring width: 9.35mm (0.33")
  • average thickness of posts: 0.64mm
  • combined pair weight (including backs): 1.24 grams

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