1.50 ctw Pear Fancy Yellow Diamond Cluster Earrings – 18k Yellow Gold

18k yellow gold. 14 pear-shape natural Fancy Yellow diamonds, 1.50 ctw. Floral cluster design.

Seven pear-shape fancy yellow diamonds per ear, arranged as petals around a center. Each stone averages just over a tenth of a carat.

Fourteen stones that need to match on hue, tone and saturation. With fancy color diamonds this is genuinely difficult, because color grading in the fancy range is not a straight line — two stones can carry the same grade and still look different next to each other. In a floral cluster the petals sit edge to edge with no metal between them to soften a mismatch. Every stone is being compared to its neighbor by anyone looking at your ear.

The pear shape is what makes the flower read as a flower. A round cluster is a cluster; pears set point-inward give you petals, with the wide end catching light at the outer edge so the whole form has a soft radiating movement rather than a flat sparkle.

Eighteen karat yellow gold throughout, which is the correct metal for fancy yellow — warm reflection entering the stones deepens the color rather than washing it out.

These wear as a statement without hanging. Cluster earrings sit against the lobe and stay put, which means you can wear a full carat and a half through a long evening without feeling it.