Go buy some fake pearls at the local kids jewelry place.  They will look every bit as good as these.  VERY disappointed.  I bought these for an additional birthday present for my wife and they have become the third thing I have returned to Amazon (3+ years).  Horrendous quality, defects clearly visible all over the pearls, and not round either.  If these are Akoya, then Akoya is selling junk these days! STAY AWAY!