Sand Collar Earrings Niobium

Size: Approx. 1 3/4"

Joycelyn Merchant © 1986-92

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These earrings were part of another production line, a series based on sea shell forms produced 1986 - 1992. Originally made in sterling and in gold filled, later using niobium. Niobium is one of the reactive metals; one of its properties being, that under certain conditions, it can be colored by sending an electrical current through the metal. In October of 1987 a pair of earrings like the ones shown above were used on a model on the cover of Glamour magazine.