These are beautiful Tumbled Stone Garnet Pendants that have been wire-wrapped with silver-plated wire and hung with an 18" black cotton cord with lobster clasp. These particular Garnet stones come to us from India.Garnet inspires love and passion, devotion and loyalty.  It has been used for centuries by emperors, knights, and warriors as a protective Talisman, by Hindu and Buddhist followers as a holy stone of enlightenment, as well as by Native North and South American Indian, Aztec, Mayan, and African Tribal cultures. The flash and fire of Garnet inspires a sense of lightness and brightness, illuminating to dark places and dark souls.  Garnet is a good stone for depression, bringing joy and hope to its user, and helps lessen anger, especially towards oneself.  Garnet's fire stimulates the survival instinct, bringing willpower and courage to a situation. Garnet will quickly "light a fire" under you, bringing those internalized ideas and feeling you have to the surface to be acted upon and carried out.  A stone of commitment, Garnet encourages personal relationships of all kinds, and is a useful relationship tool both personally and in business.Powerful Garnet can cleanse the chakras of negative energies and re-energize them.  Use Garnet to balance the Sacral Chakra and sex drive, and to aid in the controlled rise of Kundalini energy.Primary Chakra:  RootAstrological Sign: Leo, Virgo, Capricorn, AquariusChemical Composition:  Generally A3B2(SiO4)3 * Pictures represent variation in color quality.  Please see product name for the actual quantity for this item.