  Anodized titanium earrings. 
These are silly little Space Needle tourist earrings I got on a trip to Seattle with my son.  They are either laser or water-jet cut, I'm not sure how to tell the difference for sure, but if I had to guess I would say water-jet because of the slightly larger diameter of the cut at the start and finish of each line.  A laser should cut perfectly.  But that's just a guess. 
The color comes from anodizing the titanium, as I have written about in my Popular Science Column. 
Source: Seattle 
Contributor: Theodore Gray 
Acquired: 17 June, 2007 
Text Updated: 9 November, 2007 
Price: $20 
Size: 1" 
Purity: 98%
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