Sand Dollars are extremely flattened, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida and possess a rigid skeleton that consists of calcium carbonate. It gets its name from its appearance; when bleached by the sun and and washed ashore, its round flattened skeleton looks like an old silver coin more specifically the Spanish dollar which were traded across the Americas and Asia. The sand dollar earrings are cast in brass using the lost-wax-method from an original sand dollar found on Lamu Island, Kenya. Dipped in gold 22k. 1.18" x 1.96"
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Sand Dollar Earring In Gold
Sand Dollars are extremely flattened, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida and possess a rigid skeleton that consists of calcium carbonate. It gets its name from its appearance; when bleached by the sun and and washed ashore, its round flattened skeleton looks like an old silver coin more specifically the Spanish dollar which were traded across the Americas and Asia. The sand dollar earrings are cast in brass using the lost-wax-method from an original sand dollar found on Lamu Island, Kenya. Dipped in gold 22k. 1.18" x 1.96"