1.48 ctw Sapphire & Diamond Stardust Earrings – 18k White Gold

18k white gold. 2 pear-shape sapphires, 0.78 ctw. 98 round diamonds, 0.70 ctw.

Ninety-eight diamonds totaling 0.70 carats means each stone averages about seven points — roughly 1.3 millimeters across. Smaller than a grain of coarse salt.

I want you to sit with that number, because it is the whole story of this piece. Setting ninety-eight stones that size is not a machine job. Each one gets its own seat cut into the metal and its own beads raised to hold it, under magnification, by hand. The stardust effect — that scattered, cascading shimmer — only reads correctly if the stones are set at slightly varied depths and spacing. Set them in a perfect grid and you get a pavé panel. Set them the way these are set and you get light that seems to move.

The two pear-shape sapphires anchor it. A pear is a demanding cut to match in a pair: the point has to be sharp and centered, the shoulders symmetrical, and the color has to hold across both stones. Matched pears are always harder to source than the carat weight suggests.

Eighteen karat white gold is the right metal here — the higher gold content gives a warmer, denser feel than 14k, and the rhodium finish keeps the diamonds reading cool and bright.

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