My son bought this ring as a gift for his girlfriend. She wanted a natural sapphire ring in white gold. After shopping at local jewelry stores, we found a lot of synthetic sapphires and few natural ones. The naturals we did find were either very dark (almost black) and/or were very expensive. When we told the jewlers our price range, they about laughed at us and told us that the setting alone would be more than our budget. We found this ring and loved it. It's different than anything we had seen at the malls. We were very happy with the ring when it arrived. The color of the saphhire is just gorgeous-a beautiful bright blue (as pictured). The setting is solid and isn't set too high, making it very wearable. The stone is a nice size for a small/medium hand. The diamonds are small, but off set the sapphire beautifully. It is a wonderful ring, especially for the price. Sapphires at the mall of this quality and size were 3 to 6 times the price we paid.