The rise of fake pearls.
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While perfectly round pearls can be real they are also quite rare.
Realistically if a strand of pearls both looks perfect and is inexpensive the pearls may be simulated or fake.
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Look for a sharp luster.
Cultured pearls created using a pearl farming technique.
After many many years of diving for pearls divers have made natural pearls so rare.
Most real pearls feel somewhat heavy for their size.
Some say they are close to becoming extinct.
Therefore they are hard to find on the ocean s surface these days.
For obvious reasons this test isn t perfect judging the weight of a few small pearls can be tricky.
Most fake pearls that are on the market today come from china and are made in labs using materials such as plastic and glass.
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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.
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They are still 100 real pearls yet less rare than their natural counterparts.
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On the other hand fakes especially plastic pearls will have a light insubstantial feel.
For best results you may want to compare your pearls with a set you know are real or fake.
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The company specialized in simulated pearls of such high quality that a marvella pearl brooch marvella pearl necklace and marvella bracelet set was featured in vogue in 1945.
And strands of pearls are hardly ever made with perfect pearls.
As the popularity of pearls continued to grow in the 20 th century so did the rise of counterfeit pearls.
Some materials such as glass and composite or shell pearls pearls made from crushed and reconstituted shell may fool this test.
One of the most frequent questions pearl and bead stringers are asked is are my pearls real here is how to know whether pearls are real without any equipm.