What a blast! This piece came out with a wonderful deep craggy blast and the garnet really sets this piece off. While it added several hours to the completion time of this piece I was very pleased with the results. The stone is a genuine 3MM Almandine Garnet and it is one of my favorites for color. The black stain and the green Cumberland go well with the give deep red from the Garnet gives a nice contrast and it is a sitter. Coal Black stain, hand cut Green Cumberland mouthpiece w/Delrin tennon, hand made solid sterling silver” Garnet set” fitment. Thank you very much for looking and your consideration of my work.