QUALITY ART DECO STYLE BEADED DROP EARRINGS - SOMETHING SPECIAL!

Gorgeous Quality Handmade Tibetan silver earrings featuring pretty Czech glass multi-faceted beads and silver plated beads - please choose either Cobalt blue/white beads or Mint Green/white beads from the drop down list. The overall drop is approx 4cm from the top of the earwire to the bottom.

The earring hooks are silver plated.If you would prefer the bead a different shape or colour, then just ask before purchase and I will try and help.

Interesting Facts About Ginkgo Trees

• The ginkgo biloba tree can grow for thousands of years and one found in China is said to be over 3, 500 years old.
• Ginkgo tree is a symbol of changelessness and immeasurable past.
• The ginkgo fruit is smelly with slippery flesh.
• The IUCN Red List of Endangered Plants has listed the ginkgo tree as endangered.
• Ginkgo tree is known for its funny shaped leaves. The ginkgo leaves are triangular fan-shaped and have a central notch in the middle of leaf blade.
• These medium green leaves occur in tufts in short spurs over the branches. They turn golden-yellow in autumn and fall off in winter.
• An interesting ginkgo tree fact to note is that it was the sole survivor of the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima, Japan during the US bombings in 1945. There were four trees that were charred, but survived and are still said to be alive and flourishing.
• Another intriguing fact about ginkgo trees is that its bark and leaves are said to secrete a sap that is thought to have fire-retardant properties.
• In 1923, during the great fire after the earthquake in Tokyo, ginkgo tress were the ones which survived when other trees were burned to the root.
• In Japan, the leaves of ginkgo tree are used as bookmarks, as they are known to protect the books from silverfish and booklice. The leaves contains chemical properties against these pests.
• There is a special meaning attached to ginkgo tree in Confucianism. As it is said, Confucius spent hours thinking, reading and writing under the ginkgo tree.
• There are no natural diseases that infect the ginkgo tree and the tree does not seem to have problems with insects either. This may be one of the causes of its longevity.
• Ginkgo is thought to be an aphrodisiac and contain properties that help improve attention and memory under traditional Chinese medicine.

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