Thanks so much for the info Meredithbead. The gems are real and not synthetic but are colored this way. (I was able to get a little more info on them myself.)

I love your necklaces that are shorter than end in a y shape with the stones hanging at the end of the y's tail. It's both feminine and very sensual looking.

I also recently found a cute 14kt. gold necklace with enameled ladybugs on it, had to have it of course. I am a jewelry horse and can never have enough. It's time I buy a new piece I tell my daughter, "look what I bought us."
Thanks again!