Turquoise and Tiger's Eye Arch Hoop Earrings | Art Deco Gold Connector | Apatite Beads | Handmade Statement Earrings

Turquoise and Tiger's Eye Arch Hoop Earrings | Art Deco Gold Connector | Apatite Beads | Handmade Statement Earrings

A sculptural gold arch above, a swinging hoop of turquoise and tiger's eye below — these earrings have real architecture to them.

An art deco-style gold connector, with its layered arch design, sits at the top of each earring, giving way to an open teardrop hoop generously threaded with genuine Mexican turquoise plain rounds, 4mm tiger's eye beads, and faceted 4mm apatite rondelles. The mix of warm golden-brown, oceanic turquoise, and cool blue-green apatite creates real depth and movement within the hoop, finished with gold spacer beads and gold plated shepherd's hooks. At approximately 66mm total drop, these are genuine statement earrings with a distinctive, architectural silhouette.

The details:

• 🩵 Five genuine Mexican turquoise plain round beads per earring, approx 5–7mm
• 🟤 Nine 4mm tiger's eye beads per earring
• 💙 Ten faceted 4mm apatite rondelles per earring
• 🥇 Gold spacer beads throughout
• 📐 Base metal art deco style connector
• 🥇 Gold plated shepherd's hooks
• 📏 Total drop approximately 66mm
• ✨ Handmade — every bead individually selected and strung

What is Mexican Turquoise?

Mexican turquoise is prized for its rich, often deep blue-green colouring and natural matrix veining — the dark, web-like patterns running through the stone that mark it as genuinely natural rather than treated or reconstituted. Turquoise itself has been treasured for over 6,000 years across ancient Egyptian, Persian, and Native American cultures as a stone of protection, carried by travellers to guard against harm on long journeys.

What is Tiger's Eye?

Tiger's eye is a quartz variety famous for its silky, golden-brown chatoyancy — a shifting band of light across the stone's surface that seems to move as it catches the light, much like the eye of its namesake animal. Historically worn as a protective talisman, it remains one of the most recognisable and popular gemstones for exactly that reason.

A genuinely bold pair — the architectural gold arch and layered hoop give these earrings serious presence, perfect for anyone who loves statement jewellery with real colour and texture. A lovely gift for the boho-at-heart, or for treating yourself to something with genuine character.

Caring for your earrings:

A little care keeps every element looking its best:

• 🚿 Keep them dry — remove before swimming, bathing, or showering
• 🧴 Avoid perfume & products — apply fragrance and hairspray before putting your earrings on
• 😴 Take them off before bed — protects the stones and the gold plating
• 🫧 Clean gently — wipe with a soft barely-damp cloth; never soak
• 📦 Store flat or hanging — keep in a soft pouch or lined jewellery box, away from anything that could tangle the hoops
• ✨ Protect the turquoise — its porous nature means it can absorb oils and chemicals over time

Each pair is handmade and entirely unique — the natural matrix veining in the turquoise and the chatoyancy of the tiger's eye mean your earrings are genuinely one of a kind.