They are nice stones, but that being said not exactly as I expected. The picture shows lots of greens and blues in the stones and the description says Blue azurite and green chrysocolla. The majority of the beads are drab coloring with a few more vibrant ones mixed in. Some of the beads have flat spots and when I compare their 8mm size to the others in my order, they seem more like 7mm. Also, I expected more weight to them like the other stones that I purchased, but they are very light comparatively. Buying online is always a risk, I just wish they looked more like the photographs.