Thank you for the clarification, after asking a professional I was given the same answer too. Disappointing that the condition of the pearls are not good, I was planning to use a gold clasp to make a pearl necklace with these pearls.
I bought these pearls from an Etsy store because of their good reviews but I noticed something very odd about the pearls after receiving them yesterday.
A few of the pearls have an outer layer and the inner part looks like a plastic bead (take a look at the pic for closer inspection). Are these...