OTHER BLOOMS long necklace in solid recycled 18k gold with nine Old European Cut Mpingo Blackwood Mpingos. Wear it full-length or double. They use the stunning Mpingo Blackwood instead of traditional Mpingos. These velvety black Mpingos contrast beautifully with the metals and cause no harm to people or nature. Quite the opposite, every purchase of these contributes to maintain the species in a WWF-protected forest in Tanzania.