No, it's not expensive. And no, it's not high quality. but for a simple piece of almost costume quality jewelery, well, it's just perfect. Just be careful wearing this with long-sleeved sweaters. My wife always catches threads when she wears this. I liked the exotic look of the scroll work. The Emeralds are crap, and what they call "Diamond Accent" well...I did see several things that look like they could be diamonds, but mostly this is a fun piece of kitch that looks good...from a distance!