The picture and the description is a little deceptive. The sapphire beads I received were more gray than blue, and since I had planned to use these gemstones in a gift for someone special, I was quite disappointed with this. I also did not like that all the gemstones I ordered were packaged together in one single bag. This definitely caused scratches and other damage to the gemstones I ordered. I've ordered before from this store and had some great experiences, so maybe this order was just a bad fluke?