9ct White Gold 8mm Dome Stud Earrings

A dome stud is a hemisphere on a post Ñ half a ball, flat to the lobe. It presents one continuous curved surface with no facets and no edges, so what it returns is a single moving highlight rather than scatter. The flat back means it sits closer to the lobe than a full ball of the same diameter, and reads wider for its height.

This pair is 9ct white gold, 8 mm across. Dimension is the diameter across the face.

At 8 mm the stud covers most of the lobe. This is the size where the weight of the metal starts to be felt, and where a secure back matters.

Specification

• Metal: 9ct white gold (375)
• Style: Dome Stud
• Diameter: 8 mm
• Profile: Hemisphere, flat back
• Finish: Polished
• Sold as: Pair

9ct white gold is 375 parts per thousand fine gold in a white alloy. White gold is normally finished with rhodium plating to give an even, bright white; that plating is a wearing surface rather than a permanent finish, and any jeweller can renew it when it thins.

Care. Sold as a pair.