What are the signs pearls you are about to buy are fake.
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For obvious reasons this test isn t perfect judging the weight of a few small pearls can be tricky.
On the other hand fakes especially plastic pearls will have a light insubstantial feel.
The nacre that makes up the layers of a real pearl is very dense so it will weigh quite a bit more than plastic or resin two common materials used in many fake pearls.
Real ones will also be more reflective.
The finest quality natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries and because of this the word pearl has become a metaphor for something very rare fine admirable and valuable.
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Real pearls will also tend to have a more luminous quality to their coloring where fake pearls will tend to look a bit flatter in color.
And as you might have guessed the vast majority of fake pearls will likely feel warmer and stay at room temperature whether worn or not.
As a note the texture rule holds true for both natural and cultured pearls.
For best results you may want to compare your pearls with a set you know are real or fake.
They are manufactured by humans to fool the human eye.
The next tip on how to check pearls is that real pearls are.
This fake pearl is often painted and covered in a material that simulates a pearl like luster and false iridescence.
The second step that will help you identify fake pearls is to look at the overtone color.
Fake pearls are made up of glass ceramic shell or plastic to give them the appearance of real pearls.
By contrast fake pearls frequently have a surface that s a bit rougher and more like an eggshell.
Follow the tests below to determine if your pearls are real or fake.
All real pearls should have an overtone color that s very lustrous whereas fake pearls have a dull milky sort of color.
Some materials such as glass and composite or shell pearls pearls made from crushed and reconstituted shell may fool this test.
Fake or imitation pearls are man made beads.
Real pearls have a surface texture that s similar to swept grain like you might find in the appearance of a sand dune.
Most real pearls feel somewhat heavy for their size.
Basically in the case of fake pearls they all look the same.
They re often made from glass plastic alabaster or shells that have a pearly coating to give a similar appearance to real pearls.
Some fake ones can easily be spotted but some can look very close to the real ones.