Jacket for an earring stud

A jacket for an earring stud, the jacket including:

• a connecting member for releasably securing the earring to the earlobe of a wearer, said connecting member comprising a hoop which is received in the earlobe piercing of a wearer;
• an ornamental section carried by said connecting member, said ornamental section including a gemstone mount having one or more registering slots configured to selectively receive one or more detents respectively provided on a plurality of gemstones, glass, crystals, or the like, the detents having enlarged sections at distal ends thereof to fit in enlarged sections of the registering slots;
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• a stud mount joined proximate the ornamental section, and defining an opening therethrough proportioned for receiving the post of a stud which can be releasably mounted therein, and such that the post extends through the stud mount to be secured by a friction clutch behind the stud mount.

A combination earring including:

• an earring stud having a post and a friction clutch;
• a connecting member for releasably securing the earring to the earlobe of a wearer;
• an ornamental section carried by said connecting member, said ornamental section including a planar base and a design component, said design component having one or more detents configured to be releasably mounted in a keyhole slot fitting on a front of said planar base for interchangeability;
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• a stud mount joined proximate said ornamental section base and defining an opening therein proportioned for receiving the post of said stud, which can be releasably mounted thereon, such that a distal end of said stud extends out of a distal end of said opening to be secured therein by said friction clutch.