Iridescent Drop Earrings

Green, blue, and gold — all at once.

A gold-plated lever-back hoop connects to an oval link, from which a small matte gold ball bead suspends a circular dichroic glass cabochon in a gold-plated bezel. The glass shifts between deep blue and electric green depending on the angle of light — no two views are the same. The pendant sits weighted and still, the movement happening entirely in the color.

• Elements: Dichroic glass cabochon, gold-plated bezel pendant, matte gold ball bead, oval link, lever-back hoop.
• Size: Drop length approx. 5cm.
• Rarity: One piece.

Express your natural beauty with GAIA pieces, handcrafted with care in Egypt.

Dichroic glass — glass that displays two distinct colors depending on the angle of transmitted or reflected light — was first developed in ancient Rome. The most celebrated example is the Lycurgus Cup, a 4th-century Roman cage cup that appears green in reflected light and red when light passes through it. The optical effect results from colloidal gold and silver particles suspended within the glass matrix, a technique that was not fully understood until the 20th century. (Gombrich, E.H., The Sense of Order, Phaidon Press, 1979)