carved black mother of pearl shell and ocean diamond earrings

Mother of pearl shell from the black lip oyster is carved by artisans in Tahiti using designs from traditional Polynesian tatoos. Hanging on 18 karat yellow gold earhooks set with ocean diamonds.

• each earring is set with four diamonds of 1 point each, around 1.3mm size. 
  

Ocean diamonds are alluvial diamonds collected from the seabed off the west coast of South Africa. Small scale divers work in shallower inshore waters during brief periods of calm weather to collect these diamonds in a more environmentally friendly manner.