Some fake ones can easily be spotted but some can look very close to the real ones.
Fake pictures of real pearls.
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.
All real pearls should have an overtone color that s very lustrous whereas fake pearls have a dull milky sort of color.
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Real pearls have a surface texture that s similar to swept grain like you might find in the appearance of a sand dune.
As a note the texture rule holds true for both natural and cultured pearls.
This fake pearl is often painted and covered in a material that simulates a pearl like luster and false iridescence.
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.
Some materials such as glass and composite or shell pearls pearls made from crushed and reconstituted shell may fool this test.
They re often made from glass plastic alabaster or shells that have a pearly coating to give a similar appearance to real pearls.
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.
What are fake pearls.
Follow the tests below to determine if your pearls are real or fake.
For best results you may want to compare your pearls with a set you know are real or fake.
99 of fake pearls are low quality only suitable for costume jewelry.
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.
Real ones will also be more reflective.
By contrast fake pearls frequently have a surface that s a bit rougher and more like an eggshell.
The next tip on how to check pearls is that real pearls are.
Real pearls are colder than fake pearls given the fact that real pearls come from the depths of the waters and are 100 organic they will feel cold to the touch regardless of weather.
The second step that will help you identify fake pearls is to look at the overtone color.
Basically in the case of fake pearls they all look the same.
Fake or imitation pearls are man made beads.
They are manufactured by humans to fool the human eye.
On the other hand fakes especially plastic pearls will have a light insubstantial feel.
For obvious reasons this test isn t perfect judging the weight of a few small pearls can be tricky.