A gem on telegraph

Lost in thoughts, I ambled down the telegraph street in Berkeley one Saturday. Sellers of handstiched clothes, jewellery, and other trinkets stood alongside their carts. A glittering ear-ring caught my attention. It was pear shaped, pale blue-green, reflecting light at all angles, displaying myriad shades of colors. Instinctively, I stopped.

"What is it?" I asked, raising my head to see a bearded man of about sixty.

"Its beautiful" he responded.