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'''Vin's earring''' is a simple piece, a small, silver-plated bronze stud.{{wobbook ref|5957mb3|54}}{{article ref|Hemalurgy|post= - The earring has a Hemalurgic charge of Allomantic bronze, and [[Bronzebronze#Hemalurgic Use|bronze]] is the metal that steals mental Allomancy}} [[Vin]] wears it from [[Vin's sister|her sister's]] death until [[Marsh]] rips it out just prior to her Ascension.{{book ref|mb3|72}} It is also a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike that enhances Vin's [[bronze#Allomantic Use|Allomantic bronze]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|73}}

In the [[Words of Founding]], [[Sazed]] explained that [[Vin's sister]] was a [[bronze#Allomantic Use|Seeker]], that her death had turned the earring into a Hemalurgic spike, and that the earring was why Vin was able to pierce [[copper#Allomantic User|copperclouds]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|73}} He also noted that the foothold the earring gave Ruin in Vin's mind allowed him to subtly encourage her to continue wearing it.{{epigraph ref|mb3|75}} By the time she joined [[Kelsier's crew]], [[Preservation]] had nearly gotten her to stop wearing the earring. She put it in before starting her Allomantic training with Kelsier, however, and then continued to wear after he suggested she keep it as a back-up weapon.{{epigraph ref|mb3|epiloguepart=Epilogue}}{{book ref|mb1|8}} Sazed also wrote that he skill with Allomancy likely came from drawing in some of the [[mist]]s as a child, when she wasn't wearing the earring.{{epigraph ref|mb3|epiloguepart=Epilogue}}