I was quite surprised by tis ring, I was looking for black diamondds and the 2 others I bought where not as pretty or shiny as this that is actually a saphire ring with real diamonds. I sent the black diamond rings back and kept this ring. I thought it was going to be too big and garish looking but I am very happy with the size and stones. beautiful ring if they ever get more in I highly recomend as a substitute for black diamonds, and more affordable. I'm the only one that knows it's not black diamonds anyway.