I am NO expert, someone told me to rub them on my teeth to see if they feel rough or smooth. They feel kinda rough and they are not perfect round either. He told me that they should be real then...I do not know if that is a sure fire way to tell or not...does that help any?
We got them in Hong Kong. We wanted to find a gift that we could give to all the "girls" in the US we knew. She fell in love with the array of pearls. In another word...she bought too many. lol