Amethyst silver earrings

Natural polished garnets set in sterling silver .

6mmx 8mm stone size 

Known as the stone of love and friendship .

People have used garnets for jewelry and decorative objects for millennia. It's one of the oldest known gemstones. Archeologists have recovered garnet jewellery from Egyptian tombs 

The Ancient Greeks and Romans also highly valued this gem. They used garnet signet rings to seal important documents .

In fact, the word "garnet" comes from the Latin word granatus for seed or grain, most likely a reference to the seeds of the pomegranate fruit. Indeed, some garnets do resemble pomegranate seeds in color, size, and shape.