Io Charm

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When I found this cabochon rhodolite garnet, there was something almost hypnotically soothing and pleasant about the touch and feel of it, which meant it had to become a piece of j ewelry you could run your fingertips over it without being conscious of doing so. Linguists say that the exclamation mark comes from a Latin exclamation of joy, "io". Antiquarian writers would write io at the end of sentences to show happiness and over time, they made a series of changes to io, such as placing the "I" above the "O" and making the "O" smaller until it turned into a dot. Io became the exclamation mark. Lovely red spinel and buttery gold granulation give a long pointed "I", the bean shaped rhodolite garnet is almost soft to the fingertips and makes a supremely touchable "o". Length approximately 31mm, width 8mm (L 1.2in W .3in). Made from 22k gold, rhodolite garnet (4ctw) and Burmese spinel (.06ctw). The chain is available separately. One-of-a-kind. Show more