The gem of Pelikan inks are certainly not necessarily the inexpensive inks on the market. But in my opinion this price is well justified. The delivery arrived quickly, the goods were safe and neatly packed. The ink is delivered in a small box fixed inside with two Schaumstoffstückchen. The tube and contents looks really classy, especially each night light. Definitely not a troublemaker on the desk. The ink writes very clean both with fountain pen, glass and steel spring. I honnte no soaking of the paper or unsightly gradients notice. Not even with my glasses pen with very wide line width. The gemstone collection is really something what you can do to someone who likes to write with fountain pens, to the present.