Cabochon Drop Earrings in 950 Silver with Rutilated and Tourmalinated Quartz | Rocas & Cristales

Exclusivity & Design — Cabochon Drop Earrings with Rutilated and Tourmalinated Quartz: Hand-forged in high-purity 950 silver, each earring pairs a polished 16 x 12mm tourmalinated quartz cabochon with an 11 x 9mm rutilated quartz cabochon: the rutilated stone sits forward at the hook, while the tourmalinated quartz swings freely below it. True to Rocas & Cristales' spirit, this is a one-of-a-kind work of art, each natural stone hand-selected before its final setting at our Córdoba workshop.

Aesthetic Details — Cabochon Drop Earrings with Rutilated and Tourmalinated Quartz: Golden threads of rutile and the darker inclusions of tourmaline, both suspended within clear quartz cabochons, give this pair a double mineral narrative to read. The independent swing of the tourmalinated stone adds quiet movement to the whole. Timeless in design, the pair suits both gifting and a personal collection, pairing easily with other pieces from the Rocas & Cristales line.

Craftsmanship & Shipping — Cabochon Drop Earrings with Rutilated and Tourmalinated Quartz: Hand-crafted in Córdoba, Argentina, and backed by our quality guarantee, with complimentary worldwide shipping. Each pair arrives in packaging designed to protect the piece in transit and make it gift-ready from the moment it's opened, along with a certificate of authenticity for the natural stone.

Natural Stone Properties — Cabochon Drop Earrings with Rutilated and Tourmalinated Quartz: Rutilated quartz is clear quartz threaded through with fine needles of rutile, a titanium-oxide mineral that appears within the stone as luminous golden filaments. It was once thought to hold captured sunlight, said to lift moods left shadowed and dim. Hand-selected from Brazil and considered an affinity stone for Cancer, it is believed to instill hope, candor, independence, and spiritual greatness — no two specimens alike, since the arrangement of rutile inside each stone follows a mineral-formation process nature never repeats twice. Celtic oral tradition held quartz stones to be dragon's teeth, guardians of ancestral wisdom and nature's rhythms, while tourmalinated quartz found its most famous admirer in Empress Dowager Cixi, who ruled China from 1860 to 1908 and prized the tourmaline running through this stone for carvings and Imperial Court ornaments. Also hand-selected from Brazil and considered an affinity stone for Cancer and Libra, tourmalinated quartz is said to combine quartz's energetic clarity with tourmaline's protective quality, releasing tension, reconciling opposing elements, and turning negative thought into positive.