Taxco Mexican Sterling Silver & Red Jasper 18" Necklace and Earrings Set.

This Taxco necklace and earring set is made of Red Jasper and 925 sterling and features: Square shaped earrings and pendant. Pendant: Pendant is .75" x 1" 16" sterling silver serpentine round chain with lobster claw clasp. Back is stamped "Mexico" and "TP-106 Earrings: Earrings are .5" x .75" Back is stamped "TP-106" and "Mexico" Red Jasper is an ancient and sacred stone that has held meaning throughout dozens of cultures since the beginning of human existence. This is due to the combination of its relative popularity (meaning that it exists in a wide variety of locations and was readily available to the people in them), and it's bold colouration. The colours that jasper appears in include blue, red, green, yellow, black, or even the distinctive green-and-red speckled variety known as bloodstone. Can you blame the ancients for seeing these stones as sacred when they come in such beautiful, unique colours? Red Jasper is a form of chalcedony, which in turn is a form of quartz. This means that it is present all over the world, as quartz is one of the most commonly occurring minerals in the Earth's crust. ASK ALL QUESTIONS. PLEASE LOOK CAREFULLY AT ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.