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bingo!Gypsy|1331175343|3143633 said:Because an earring box keeps the stones from rubbing against each other and against other pieces. You have to put the earrings, post first through a hole in an earring box. Even with diamonds-- most of the damage to the diamonds is from the other diamond. People don't store earrings correctly. If you do use a jewelry box, store one earring in one holder, the other in a different one. Don't store them together loose. This applies to ANY earring with a stone: colored, fake, real.
Also the posts can and do get caught up in the prongs and people destroy settings getting them apart.
Improper storage is near the top if not the top destroyer of earrings and most other jewelery.