I bought this as a friend's birthday present and I am very pleased with the pendant overall.  The clarity of the stones is amazing (no muddled colors here!).  My caution with this pendant is that the amethysts in the pendant are light in color, it's lavender instead of the purple of the stones shown in the product image.  However, I find the lavender coloring complimentary to the brilliant red of the garnets.  The effect looks better than the purple amethysts (with the garnets) shown on the Amazon web image.