You really can't judge jewelry by a picture, so when you do order online, it's such a relief when the item arrives and it is lovely.  That is the case with this necklace.  My mother was an insurance agent for several companies in the Los Angeles jewelry mart, and we used to get to go to the back room and look through hundreds of packets of real stone / gold rings, earrings, and necklaces and buy them at friends & family prices.  Those pieces had a fine jewelry look, and it ruined me on cheap-looking jewelry and on wanting to pay regular price for fine jewelry.  I think this necklace is a good tradeoff - beautiful sparkly stones in lovely hues in an 18k gold setting with a delicate 18" chain.

I wore it once and got several compliments, I could tell it was catching people's eye because it's very different. I like my chains delicate, but after a few wearings this did get a knot that was difficult to work out.  If I didn't have little ones I wouldn't worry so much about it breaking, but then again it's been quite a long time since I broke a chain.

It's a lovely, sparkly, well-made necklace that will delight anyone who likes something a little different.