I love carnelian, but I have a hard time deciding sometimes whether it's red or orange. I'm putting this necklace in the red category. (You can see my other carnelian necklaces here and here.)
Anyway, these little (4x6mm) rice-shaped beads demanded a pendant to go with them, but since I wanted to do the necklace with 3mm gold-filled beads and all of the carnelian pendants I saw were silver, I made the pendant myself. The little gold heart in the center of the carnelian heart is vermeil, from Bali, and I used gold-filled wire to hang it & to form the bail (the pendant's loop).
The pendant is about 1 1/2 inches long, and weighs 0.1 oz. The necklace is about 16 7/8 inches long, and weighs 0.3 oz.
I made matching earrings. The triangles, headpins, and French hooks are all gold-filled. The dangles are about 1 1/4 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.1 oz.
Price: $60.20 (shipping is free)
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