I bought these at an extra 30% off for my mom because she loves long strands of pearls that she can wrap multiple times. When I showed her these, she was so happy with them! You can wrap these about 3 or 4 times around your neck for a comfortable mid-torso/upper-torso length. They are also long enough to loosely tie as a pearl belt. The sheen of the pearls are beautiful and they matched the color and sheen of a more expensive pair of peacock pearl earrings my mother had previously. The pearls are not perfectly round, they're a little closer to button pearls but since there are so many of them together, they look round. They are also tightly strung, not so tight that it's uncomfortable, but acceptably tight. For the crafters out there, these make an inexpensive long strand of beautiful pearl beads :)