These ruby chadeliers are high quality and classic style, great materials and lots of hand work.These earrings are lovely, you will be a star of any party! Earrings are almost 3 inches long. I used high quality gold filled wire to wire-wrap every ruby bead. Earrings have lovely movement! *** Ruby is the most precious and most powerful gem of all gemstones. Intuitive sources say that Ruby is a stone, which can enhance our courage and passion. It is said to increase one's supply of life-force energies. Ruby is recommended for clearing blockages, for arousing sexual energies, and for transmuting them for spiritual purposes.