circa 1940s Mikimoto Akoya Pearl Brooch / Sterling Silver and Japanese Cultured Pearl Brooch / Cultured Pearls opal_birthstone This brooch was a pendant

This brooch was a pendant brooch at one time

It is a genuine Labradorite from Labrador

but once in a while I let my husband win an argument to throw him off balance

02 ctsAll gemstones are natural and earth mined

The diamond and the top of the ring is made out of white gold (14K) and the shank is made out of yellow gold (18K)

circa 1940s Mikimoto Akoya Pearl Brooch / Sterling Silver and Japanese Cultured Pearl Brooch / Cultured Pearls opal_birthstone This brooch was a pendantRevered since antiquity as a symbol of purity, power and wealth, pearls have a long history. Roman women wore them to sleep as they believed that they enhanced beauty, Julius Caesar was a great patron, royalty such as Queen Elizabeth I valued them above all other precious gems. Even in modern history Coco Chanel was never seen without her pearls, wearing them as her signature fashion statement day and night,Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn, two of