The pendant is lovely. It is dark as others have said, but the second photo in the set shows that.  However, I inspected the items in the boxes and because what I saw on top was beautiful, I didn't get them out until ready to debut on Valentine's Day. The closure is a spring ring, and the loop it's supposed to connect with is tiny; I could barely get it over the spring ring.  The chain looked used; it was bright, shiny, and sparkly near the pendant (which is what I saw upon opening the box), but about halfway up each side, it turned black like some $3 item you'd buy at a gas station. Wore it anyway, and sure enough, it turned my neck gray.