these earrings are beautiful.. a bit smaller than I expected but the color of the stones are beautiful .. a deep purple and I was aprhensive after reading the reviews of others so I checked the stones .. none are loose and every thing seems to be top quality. They arived 4 days sooner than I was told so that was a big plus for me as they are a birthday gift to myself.I will definately order this same earring with different stones in it.