Beautiful as well as versatile, these two-in-one earrings can be worn as studs or as drop earrings. The stud features a delicate seed pearl star design surrounded by marcasite beads while the loop is marked by its subtle French-twist design. The stud portion is 7mm (0.28 inches) and when combine with the drop it is 20mm high by 8.75mm (0.79 x 0.34 inches). About Dahlia Vintage Seed Pearl Collection: Seed pearl jewelry is so rare that you seldom see it in a store but usually only in an exhibition. It is not only because there are very limited sources of seed pearls but also because it requires finely tuned production techniques: "Can you imagine the skill and patience needed to drill these tiny pearls without damaging them? These exquisitely beautiful seed pearl jewelry symbolize purity and romance and are heirlooms to pass down to later generations.