Custom Cut Polished & Wire Wrapped Orange Spiney Oyster Set: Necklace/Pendant Earrings in Sterling Silver Michelangelo grounds up lapis lazuli

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Custom Cut Polished & Wire Wrapped Orange Spiney Oyster Set: Necklace/Pendant Earrings in Sterling Silver Michelangelo grounds up lapis lazuliCustom Cut Polished & Wire Wrapped Orange Spiney Oyster Set: Necklace Pendant Earrings in Sterling Silver ,935 Overall size: Necklace Pendant 1 15 16 x 11 16 inch or 49mm x 18mm Earrings: 1 1 4 x 1 2 inch or 32mm x 12mm Spiny oyster is a Spondylus used in jewelry making, and it is common in Native American jewelry. Some people call it a gemstone or stone, but it comes from the bivalve mollusk shell, and it's found in warm waters like those in the Gulf