(internal #DP3-617),  This is a beautiful pair of Genuine Late Pleistocene Stegodon organic material beaded dangle earrings.

Earrings made with one 11mm bead, gold brass filigree caps and 4mm textured gold brass round textured accent beads, on gold alloy hypoallergenic French wires.

This is exactly what you would receive.

STEGODON JEWELRY

Stegodon sp.

Early Pleistocene

Southeast Asia

At the beginning of the Late Pleistocene, Southeast Asia was a continent rather than a series of archipeligos. Fluctuating sea levels have alternately submerged and exposed large areas of land numerous times over the past 2 million years. Specimens found throughout Southeast Asia, such as Stegodon specimens, illustrate these geologic changes, as the same species are found from Indonesia to Malaysia to the Philippines.

Stegodon specimens are exceedingly rare. 1- to 2-million-year-old member of the Elephantidae subfamily, this genus is considered the ancestor of elephas, mastodons and mammoths. The genus Stegodon, from the Greek, stegos, meaning roof, and odon, meaning t**th (referring to the step ridges on the molar t**th) originated in the Late Miocene in Asia.

The gemstone material (agate and jasper) that replaces the dung over the millions of years makes these specimens attractive to be sliced and made into beads or jewelry, or show it off as a paperweight or display specimen. Honest! 

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