Differentiate Between Real

People been coming in and out of my shop and have been asking the same questions over and over again. Why are these pearls so cheap? How do you know they are real? In this guide I will try my best to explain to you how to differentiate real pearls from fake ones.

Brief Introduction On Pearls
There are two types of pearls that you would need to know of. One of them are from the sea, while the other are cultured pearls also known as fresh water pearls. The one more expensive pearls are the one that came from the sea because it is harder for them to get, and the quality of the pearl is excellent. And it takes years to develop a pearl, where it all began as a spec of dust that got trapped inside an oyster. Where as for the fresh water pearls or cultured, which are produced by people through culturing oysters. What they do is that they would inject a spec of dust into the oysters, and it keep them in the water for months before harvesting them. Thus making these pearls affordable.

Question, which of these pearls are real as shown in the picture?

The correct answer would be on the right hand side of the picture. The one on the left is made from plastic. Here is a few methods how you can differentiate them.

One of the easiest way to notice which one of them are fake is that, by rubbing both pearls together as shown in the picture below.

Here you would need to take notice of two things.

1. When rubbing two pearls together, you would feel a friction between two pearls. If you were to rub 2 plastic together there wouldn't be any friction between them.
2. If you noticed when you rub the pearls together a small spec of the pearls would have come off and it would end up having scratches like in picture (a).

Picture (a)

But if you rub over the scratch area of the pearl. The scratch marks would be gone, and the pearls would looked as if nothing happened to it as shown in picture (b). That my friends is how you can tell if your pearls are genuine.

Picture (b)

Another way to determine to see your pearls are real is by burning the pearls itself with fire. As shown from the picture below.

Pearls are fire resistant, or they will never melt to put it that way. But if burn marks do appear on the pearl itself, just rub over the burnt marks and it would disappear just like that.

I hope that with this simple guide you will be able to tell a difference between real pearls with fake one as well

Have a nice day!

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