Two of the moonstone beads were damaged - they were not round. The rest of the crystal beads appear to be in good condition. All the crystals appear to be real - although the smokey quartz is very uniform and each bead is identical so it could be man made or glass (but I am not an expert). Shipping was very slow and outside of the estimate provided by the seller. Overall pretty happy. Better quality control would get the 5th star.