Beautiful pink coral barrel beads are porous so you can see the spaces that held the animal the once lived there. Light pink glass pearls act as a buffer between the coral beads to help keep them from hitting each other. The pendant is a single coral bead surrounded with sterling silver filled wire and the small pink glass pearl beads. The necklace is about 20" long. The earrings are single drops of the coral beads and glass pearls dangling from a French hook ear wire. The earrings are about 1.5" long. Sponge Coral is less a gemstone in the real sense of the term but more a flora. It is a type of coral inside which resides the living organism polyp. Though many may believe that since it is a type of flora it will be soft, Sponge coral in reality is hard because of the dead polyp skeletal masses inside. Sponge Coral is mostly found in white color though its colorful variants are also common. Sponge Coral is found in shades of pink, yellow and black gloss. From time immemorial, people have used Sponge Coral to protect themselves from ill fortunes and also skin diseases. Traditionally it was believed that Sponge Coral worked as a strong foreteller, especially of illness. It is regarded as a visualization stone that helps access a clear meditative state. Sponge Coral activates all the chakras within the body, aligning them and keeping the mind and soul composed. All attempts have been made to photograph these items correctly in the natural light. However, colors can/do vary