I'm always concerned about buying jewlery without seeing it first. There were only a few reviews for this ring and they we pretty positive so I took a chance and am glad I did. One of the reviews said it looks even better than the picture which I have to second. Many times jewlery is magnified and when you see the real thing it's much smaller than expected, looks cheap, or otherwise just doesn't meet expectations - not this one. I have a pretty good monitor to view the picture but the color and feel doesn't really come across in the picture. If she likes black diamonds get her this one.