Were these earrings sold as a pair or singly?

Singly. Each of the eight is a mono earring worn in one ear. Each stone is one specific crystal, so a matching second one does not exist.

How much does a STRUGA aquamarine earring cost?

These eight are sold; their archive prices ran from $160 to $220, depending on the stone and the form. A similar earring around a new raw stone can be requested, with the price and timing agreed with you. Shipping goes worldwide.

Is aquamarine the same mineral as emerald?

Yes, both are beryl. The colour depends on the trace element: iron gives aquamarine, chromium or vanadium gives emerald.

No. Each is set in the shape it grew in, keeping its hexagonal growth faces and its inclusions.

Why are there inclusions in the stone?

They are the record of how the crystal formed. A cut stone would have had them removed; a raw one keeps them.

From 3.5 to 6.5 grams. The crystal decides the final mass, so two earrings of the same model differ.

A cloth or silver cleaner on the metal, no ultrasonic cleaning. Raw beryl keeps internal fractures that ultrasound would find.

STRUGA

Aquamarine Silver Jewelry

Eight mono earrings in 925 silver, each holding one uncut aquamarine. All sold: an archive of forms, weights and prices ($160–$220). Handmade in Bali.

About this section

Raw beryl held open in 925 silver, set in the shape it grew.

Eight mono earrings in 925 silver, each holding one uncut aquamarine.

All eight are sold. Each stone was one raw crystal, so this page is an archive of what was made: archive prices from $160 to $220, weights from 3.5 to 6.5 grams.

Each is worn in one ear and was sold singly — the stones do not come in matching pairs.

Aquamarine is beryl coloured by iron; the same mineral with chromium is emerald.

STRUGA aquamarine jewelry is eight mono earrings in 925 sterling silver, each built around one uncut aquamarine. All eight are sold; each was one of one, and the exact piece cannot be remade. Each piece is a single earring worn in one ear, not a pair — no two raw crystals match closely enough to make one.

Every stone kept the shape it grew in, so the silver is built around the crystal rather than the crystal ground down to fit a frame. Weights run from 3.5 to 6.5 grams, because the crystal decides the final mass. Each piece was assembled by hand in Bali by master silversmiths.

A similar earring around a new raw stone can be requested: we make one close in look, size and finish, with its own pattern and tone, agree the price and timing with you, and ship worldwide.

Piece	Form	Weight	Archive price
Thorn Amulet #4 — Aquamarine	Thorn Amulet #4 (L)	6.5 g	$220
Thorn Amulet #10 — Aquamarine	Thorn Amulet #10 (L)	5.9 g	$220
Classic Amulet #18 — Aquamarine	Classic Amulet #18 (L)	5.5 g	$220
Classic Amulet #17 — Aquamarine	Classic Amulet #17 (Brutalism, M)	5.4 g	$185
Classic Amulet #6 — Aquamarine	Classic Amulet #6 (M)	3.9 g	$185
Thorn Amulet #2 — Aquamarine	Thorn Amulet #2 (S)	3.5 g	$160
Thorn Amulet #1 — Aquamarine	Thorn Amulet #1 (M)	5.0 g	$185
Thorn Amulet #12 — Aquamarine	Thorn Amulet #12 (S)	3.9 g	$160

What aquamarine is

Aquamarine is beryl coloured by iron. Change the trace element and the same mineral takes another name: chromium or vanadium gives emerald, and beryl with no colouring impurity at all is goshenite. One crystal structure, several names, decided by what was in the ground.

Beryl stands at 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs scale, which is why it survives daily wear without a protective setting around it.

Why the stones are not cut

Beryl grows in hexagonal prisms with flat terminations, and that growth shape is visible in every piece here. What a jeweller would normally grind away as flaws — inclusions, internal fractures, uneven faces — stays. It is the record of how the crystal formed, and it is the reason no two of these earrings look alike.

Five carry the Thorn Amulet form, three the Classic. The Thorn Amulet repeats the THORN form in volume, as a halved torpedo with the crystal grown inside; around a raw stone it reads as a guard rather than a frame.

Worn in one ear

Each of the eight is a mono earring, sold and worn singly. This is not a styling preference but a consequence of the material: each stone is one specific crystal, and a second one with the same inclusions does not exist. Two similar ones can be requested together, and they will not match.

The silver around the stone

All eight are cast in 925 sterling silver and finished by hand, with no rhodium plating. The metal arrives light and darkens on its own with air and skin — Living Silver, a property of the surface rather than a coating applied to it.

What we do not claim

We do not sell calm, clarity, protection or healing. What people have believed about aquamarine is cultural history, and it is worth reading as history; it is not a property of the object. Meaning is something you bring.

Care

No ultrasonic cleaning. A raw crystal keeps the internal fractures that cutting would have removed, and ultrasound finds them. Use a cloth or silver cleaner on the metal, keeping liquid off the stone.