SILVER RHOMBOID MARCASITE DROP EARRINGS

This is a beautiful pair of vintage style Sterling Silver Marcasite drop earrings, with Silver fish hook fastenings. They measure 35mm in drop from the top of the hook. The earrings are marked 925 for Silver. 

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In Marcasite jewellery, Pyrite used as a gemstone is called “Marcasite” – that is, marcasite jewellery is made from Pyrite, not from the mineral marcasite.  In the late medieval and early modern eras, the word “Marcasite” meant all iron sulfides in general, including both Pyrite and the mineral marcasite. The narrower, modern scientific definition for Marcasite as orthorhombic iron sulfide dates from 1845. The jewellers’ sense of the word “Marcasite” pre-dates this 1845 scientific redefinition.