.gf { font-family : constantia, georgia, serif; line-height : 0.8; } .gf sup { position : relative; top : -1px; font-size : 82.5% !important; margin : 0; padding : 0; } .gf sub { position : relative; bottom : 1px; font-size : 82.5% !important; margin : 0; padding : 0; } .mphsis {font-size : 110%; } .footnote {margin: 0px 12px; font-size: 80%; line-height: 95%; text-align: justify;} .footnote p {text-indent: 12px; text-align: justify;} This necklace and earring set is crafted with large and luscious nuggets of almandine garnets and rhodolite garnets in olive and coin shapes, hand-knotted with dark gray Chinese freshwater pearls and India glass silver foil beads. Sterling silver wire-wrap, round beads, findings, and a convenient hook-and-eye clasp. Length: 22 inches. Rhodolite is a varietal name for the rose-pink to red mineral pyrope, a species in the garnet group. It was first described from Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. The name is derived from the Greek "rhodon" for "rose-like". In common with other pink mineral types (such as rhodochrosite, rhodonite), this coloration, and the commonly inclusion-free nature of garnet from this locality, has led to rhodolite being used as a gemstone.