These freshwater pearls are a fun color: a bright light purple. The pearls have an excellent luster and shine. The nacre is thick. There are no holes in the nacre and no place where the irritant shows through. The pearls are approximately 5 mm thick. There is good size and color uniformity throughout each strand. Some pearls are totally smooth and some have inclusions or places where the nacre is not flat. But, overall, a fun pearl. Each strand is 16 inches long and contains approximately 30 pearls.