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Rafatu walked with heavy feet back to the village. She had been fetching water by the stream. The sun was gazing and the heat combined with the heavy bucket of water on her head got unbearable as she walked by a bush fire. She took the water bucket off her head and sat down on the red dirt road. She had seen pictures of other continents, the dirt was brown there, not red like in Africa. She took a handful of the red sand and let it pour between her fingers. There was something there. As the dirt dropped to the ground, she uncovered a little treasure in her hand.

A pair of silver earrings now rested in the palm of her hand. They were beautiful, as though forged by the sand itself with the swirly shapes of the wind, drop shaped like the water she was carrying and vibrant colors of the earth. Our dirt, she thought, the very essence of life.

These earrings are made completely from scratch with Sterling Silver Wire of different gauges. They've been adorned with tiny Silver Beads, Hessonite Rondelles, Scapolite Briolettes, Petro Tourmaline Briolettes, Smokey Quartz Marquise Briolettes and Faceted Pale Citrine Nuggets. They hang from Leverbacks.

Measurements:-

Length - with leverbacks 6.5cm (2.6")
without leverbacks 5.2cm (2")
Width - at widest part 2.7cm (1.1")

silver, sterling silver, oxidized silver, hessonite garnet, briolettes, tourmaline, citrine, pear briolette

wire, wire-wrapped, wirewrapped, coiling, metalwork, hanging, hammering

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