There’s not too many materials that aren’t taken over the top, than when the design is made and are placed along side, the beauty of pearls..This is something Federico instinctively knows, since pearls play a dominating role to many of his designs. Known for creating some of the most fabulous pearl and turquoise jewelry you’ll ever see, or amethyst and pearls, garnets and pearls, spiny oyster & pearl jewelry or maybe just all pearl pieces, you name it, but any one of his designs will have your head spinning & practically leave you breathless!! They are that stunning! This necklace is just 1 example, where Federico took this signature southwestern vibrant colored shell up a notch and paired it with the timeless & elegant beauty of pearls.

Impressively designed, this necklace is carefully made with alternating panels of select oval cuts of orange spiny oyster shell & a 4 pearl cluster that lays in a diamond shape pattern.The 2 spiny oyster cuts & the 4 pearls lay atop of their own sterling platform & are connected by heavy gauge sterling jump rings. (See backside photo)

What I personally love about this, is how they used the “Raw-Unfinished” Spiny Oyster shell for the pendant.. So if you’ve never seen this shell in it’s raw form, this is it!! This textured shell does have spines (classic to it’s name) that protrude off the top of the shell, but whether they were cut off by the lapidarian or if it was purchased without the spines, I’m not sure. This as you can see is framed by chunky pearls.

This orange & white theme is perfect for just about any season, but especially more so in the spring / summer, when most wear more color!! You can wear this against just about any color clothing & the more vibrant the clothing, the more this will come to life!! But will look equally as gorgeous when you wear it with all white & wear it with lots of other pearl pieces!!

I have many Spiny Oyster earrings in all 4 earring categories, as well as pearl earrings to choose from! So be sure to check them out!

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ARTIST: Federico Jimenez

INNER WEARABLE LENGTH: 25-1/4"(Laid neckline out horizontally then measured from one end of closure to the other end-(This is without the tongue on closure & pendant)

PENDANT SIZE: 3” Round

TOTAL LENGTH: About 30"

WEIGHT: 262 Grams-9.24 Ounces

METAL: Sterling

METAL FINISH: Contemporary-Mirror Polish Finish

MATERIAL: Small Baroque Pearls/Spiny Oyster Shell

SHELL CUT: Oval- Round

AVERAGE PEARL SIZE: 8 mm to 8.5 mm

SPINY OYSTER SIZE IN NECKLINE 16.5 mm x 6.5 (About 5/8" x 1/4")

SPINY OYSTER SIZE IN PENDANT: 51 mm Round (2” Round)

HALLMARK: 'JF/STERLING' (2 x’s)

COME GIFT BOXED

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SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT:

Anything with a high price tag, will have a mandatory signature confirmation requirement & will come insured (reflected in shipping price).. If you're not home in the day & need it shipped where it can be signed for,please change that in your "Ship To" section before I create the shipping label***I'm sorry if this may be an inconvenience, but I do not ship expensive pieces without one. This is for your safety & mine.

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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:

*****I do not consider myself a 'professional photographer" but I do try my best to give you photos that are 'realistic" in color, so you're not shocked, nor disappointed when you get the piece. I do however find that photographing anything with 'yellow' in it, (green & orange) a little harder to photograph,since this color can come up much more vivid than other colors,, so please take this into consideration & go through all photos to see any variation. Remember, every monitor is different since some can show something to be more vivid and other monitors can make it look duller.

To give you close up photos,pictures tend to make the item look much more larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality. Close up's make the item look so large & then you get it in hand & you are let down since the item is much smaller than how they looked in the photos..So to get an accurate idea of how big this is,please either check it out on the mannequin to get a rough idea (see photos) or you can pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements