Turtle Jewelry – Fossilized Ivory and Silver Turtle Earrings

Sea turtles start their life with a courageous journey to the water. Female sea turtles lay their eggs in a hole dug into the sand and then bury the eggs and return to the water, leaving the eggs unattended. The baby turtles hatch together over a short period of time and dash over the sand to the water. They have no choice but to bravely set out into the unknown. Sea turtles have come to symbolize good health and long life; their relaxed nature and peaceful determination make it easy to see why they are admired around the globe.

For these earrings, the turtle's shell is hand carved from fossilized mammoth ivory that is over 15,000 years old. The pieces of mammoth tusk lay buried in the permafrost for thousands of years, accreting minerals from the soil in direct contact with the fossil. Ancient mammoth is a finite material and is valued the world over for the touch of antiquity and unique quality it brings to artisan works and jewelry.