18CT ROSE GOLD FINE 1.15ct DIAMOND HOOPS

Superbly made 18ct Rose Gold Diamond Hoops. Secure scrolled butterflies make these hoops (strictly speaking, demi-hoops) suitable for everyday wear, so just click and go. With a timeless design, these earrings make the perfect gift or treat for yourself! The fiery Diamonds are G colour, VS-SI1 clarity, cut-down set, and decorate the front outer and back inner hemispheres of the hoops. 40mm in diameter, 1.15ct of Diamonds in total, and 8.5g in weight. 

Also Available in 18ct Yellow and White Gold.

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Pure Gold as it comes out of the ground is yellow in colour. 9 and 18ct Gold are alloys, containing Gold and other metals. It is, therefore, possible to change the appearance of Gold by using different types of alloys. Many people believe that Rose Gold is old Gold and whilst it is true that copper has been used as an alloy for many years, possibly longer than using Silver, the colour of a Gold piece of jewellery has little to do with age, other than the styles of a certain era.

Today a popular alloy to create Rose Gold is a mixture of Gold, Copper and Silver, creating a lighter rosy toned Gold. This light pink colour can look stunning when used with gemstones such as Morganite, Pink Spinel and Pink Sapphires.

Diamonds are dated by analyzing inclusions using the decay of radioactive isotopes. Those found in kimberlites have ages ranging from 1 to 3.5 billion years, and there can be multiple ages in the same kimberlite, indicating multiple episodes of Diamond formation. Although Diamonds on Earth are rare, they are very common in space. Sufficiently small Diamonds can form in the cold of space because their lower surface energy makes them more stable than graphite. High-pressure experiments predict that large quantities of Diamonds condense from methane into a "Diamond rain" on the ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune. Diamonds may exist in carbon-rich stars, particularly white dwarfs. Diamonds formed in stars may have been the first minerals.

While hoop earrings of all sizes and styles seem to be having a moment, there are many jewellery lovers and historians who would argue the style has always been in vogue. Dating as far back as the bronze age – particularly the Minoan civilization (c. 2700 to c. 1100 BC) – hoop earrings were created in Gold, Silver, and, you guessed it, bronze. Hoop earrings can also be traced back to 4th century Africa – particularly to Nubia – which is now the country of Sudan. Not only has the hoop earring held its own in ancient history but it also found a place in both pop culture and street culture, where it largely remains today. In the 1960s, hoops were a common accessory for women of colour, but hoops were also worn by entertainers of that era, too; singers like Cher and Diana Ross were often seen donning hoops under glorious heads of rich, dark hair. However, in the 80s and 90s, as rap and R&B gained a greater role in the modern music scene, hoop earrings were associated with urban styles and were often decorated with gemstones, names, or phrases. A hoop is a circle, and while hoop earrings have to open at some point in order for them to be placed on an ear, the idea of the circle is that it is infinite, like time. The circle is the ultimate symbol of life having no beginning and no end. It will be interesting to see which icons of tomorrow will be shown pictured wearing hoop earrings when society looks back on the styles of this century. It is a style that spans culture and ages, and likely will continue to for centuries to come.