12mm Golden South Sea Shell Pearl Necklace

Beautiful necklace, but in the photo it looks larger, 12 mm, as in the product card, but in reality it is smaller, actually 10 mm, so I removed a star! Bought it as a gift, everyone is happy! And the necklace was not in a case, but in a small bag and in a regular gray! So the jewelry should NOT be packaged because it is fragile and could have been damaged during transport!

The beads are painted gold. What material, i.e., what the beads are actually made of, is unknown. The paint is clearly visible near the thread. Based on the description, I expected natural pearls, but these are costume jewelry.