14k gold skull with a garnet crown and old cut diamond eyes, a wee diamond in a front tooth . The word "garnet" comes from the Latin word "granatus" for seed or grain, a reference to the seeds of the pomegranate fruit, as garnets do resemble pomegranate seeds in color, size, and shape. The belief that garnets have the power to shield their wearers from harm is very widespread, from Saxon and Celtic kings favoring garnet inlaid jewelry because of this protection to Native American healers, who similarly believed that garnets had protective powers against injury and poison.

Very apropos for today, and a magnificent talisman. This skull is 19.9g, sizable size 7, the shank measures 16 1/2 around the backside to the low- profile skull being about 18.5 mm high.