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These are absolutely stunning old mine cut diamond earrings...they are silver topped 18K yellow gold with 14K gold posts and backings. (they are way more sparkly than I could capture in my photos!)

There are 9 chunky old mine cut diamonds in each stud, for a total of 18 diamonds in the pair and an estimated total carat weight of 2.76 carats.

The center stones are each approximately .50 carats, or so (4.8 to 5 mm in diameter) and are set in milgrain edged bezels. Bright and very fiery, I would judge their color to be in the H-I range of near-colorless and they "face up" very white. Beautifully eye-clean, I do see a few inclusions under my 14x loupe, along with a few nicks...though nothing that I can see with my naked eye and nothing that distracts from the brilliance and beauty of the stones.

Eight smaller old mine cuts are bead-set around the central stone in a daisy or halo style, with more milgrain decorating the edge of the settings. Each smaller diamond measures approximately 3.0 to 3.4 mm in diameter, for another approximately .88 carat weight in each earring. (so an estimated 1.38 carats per earring, and an estimated 2.76 carats for the pair. They could actually weigh slightly more than this given their chunky old cuts.) Matching nicely in color, I would judge them to be in the H-I-J range of near-colorless, and again, they are extremely bright and fiery. Most of the stones are very clean, though I do see a few with small inclusions visible under my 14x loupe. One stone has a larger chip or surface "natural" that I can almost see with my naked eye, if I know where to look and hold the earring in just the right way, in just the right lighting. Otherwise they are eye-clean and in very good condition. Their little bead settings do show wear, and I would recommend having them retipped.

With a large and very sparkly presence, the studs measure approximately 12 mm in diameter, or approximately half an inch in size.

The posts are 14K gold and screwbacks for security, and the backings are 14K white gold. I believe that these were once the larger bottom drops for a pair of antique earpendants and were converted to studs at some time in the past. They could easily be converted to a dangling style and would be lovely as a leverback style earring. The backings are marked for 14K gold, the rest of the earrings are unmarked. The total weight of the pair is a nice 3.65 grams.

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