Rhodochrosite flat rectangle bead-link necklace + earrings

This beautiful pink stone is rhodochrosite. I used gold-filled wire instead of silver to link each 18x13mm rectangle bead.  Usually I like to pair pink with silver, but I thought, what the heck?

These stones have beautiful bandings.  There are some gray & black inclusions present, but they are very minimal, mostly showing up as shadows.  I finished with a vermeil hook & eye clasp from India.

The necklace is 21.25 inches long, with a weight of 2.1 oz.  The hook is a little too large to do the "hook between two beads" trick, but if you need a shorter necklace I can take one or more beads off.

I made earrings to match.  The French hooks & headpins are gold-filled, and the little daisy spacer on the end is vermeil.  The dangle is about 7/8 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.

Price: $115 (shipping is free)