This glass pendant is handcrafted from .999 fine silver wire and a dichroic glass cabochon. Dichroic glass cabochons are created by glass artists from pieces of raw dichroic glass. They cut and piece the pieces of glass, taking them in and out of the kiln, till they get the colors and patterns they are looking for. Some glass may only be fired a few times - some are fired as many as ten times. They say that these fully fused cabs can be dropped on concrete without breaking, but I don’t have the guts to try it. There is a typical reaction from people that have only seen my dichroic glass pieces on my web site and then get to see it in person - WOW. I’ve heard more than once that the pictures on the web site are "dead" while the actual pieces are full of life. I have a very hard time showing the true beauty of dichroic glass. The more complex it is, the more layers in the glass, the harder it is to get all of the colors to show. It is like the camera sees the top layer and doesn’t catch all of the other colors sometimes. And on top of all of that, the colors will change with different lights. I do the best I can to give you a true feel for what the pendant looks like. I believe that when you get the pendant, you will have a pendant that looks like you expect or better. Looking at this piece as I am writing this, I think the colors in the picture are fairly accurate, but the green on the top is much more of a true, emerald green rather than the blue green that I’m getting in these pictures. The emerald green part reminds me of the spreading branches of a tree, coming up from the black trunk. The bright spot could be a house and the bottom part a grassy area with some purple wildflowers. The "house" is really bright when the light catches it and gives a focal point to the piece. At my shows, dichroic pendants are popular for gifts. Many people end up buying one for the person they are buying the gift for and one for themselves. They definitely get noticed when you are wearing them! Each of my dichroic glass pendants are "one-of-a-kind" and you are selecting the actual one you will be receiving. The chain is not included, but I do have a selection of chains if you need one. approximately 1" x 2 7/8" 28mm x 71mm 9mm bail