Could your pearls, fake? 6 Types

natural pearls are enormously expensive tell - some as much as hundreds of dollars for a gem! Is this quite expensive for a ring, but what if you were enough to buy a necklace? Now you are minimum us, probably more than a thousand dollars. If you make this is kind of investment to be important, sure, what you buy. An easy way to know is the name: faux, fake, artificial, synthetic people made - if you see in the description you know immediately. Like cases there, but if you perhaps to easy not in a position to say and that is when these six tests are useful!

The density is a way to verify authenticity. You try see Pearl (n) in person collect! Real pearls should rather heavy for its size. This is because a thick layer of Pearl be, whereas most counterfeiting is up glass with a few layers of Pearl. Very slight pearls are automatically fake - but this a little more complicated, if they are difficult, such as cultured, also synthetic beads and natural pearls much closer to weight and density.

The next test is to try the disclosure of your pearls to sunlight. You can also a bright room lighting. What you should do is the Pearl get and see it with his back against the light. First are gloss - review you should able to almost see your mirror image, if the quality is high. Secondly it will all color variants can see. This is easier if you check several pearls together. True pearls are not match exactly unless they are quite expensive.

If you are not sure, try the tooth to test. A lot seem gemologists recommend but I have with no experience to careful. This includes the Pearl is easily through the teeth. True pearls feel should fairly grobkörnig, while counterfeiting should feel much smoother. This is because, the Pearl was not formed naturally. The problem with this test is that it is grown separated not natural, pearls of counterfeits but not counterfeits from cultured disconnect, because they have a thin layer of Pearl.

You could also try some form of NDT. I do not recommend them all but I think I should include it for completion sake. Nondestructive include tests cutting the Pearl open, so you can look at the core. If the core glass is have a fake on your hands and you'll be able to say how much Pearl is. Of course this is a last resort - I see no reason why I want would something valuable to destroy me.

Zoom lets you closer interface of the Pearl. Synthetic beads are more smooth. Real pearls or cultured ridges or slight defects which may or not visible with the naked eye be.

Finally, can your pearls geröntgt. This is most reliable test can take. You need a (certified) risk gemologist at a glance. This is done he / they can tell you, all you need, including the, the Pearl is white, simple, refined, natural or counterfeiting and the thickness of Pearl. If you at any doubt after the previous tests, this is your best bet. It is well worth the cost, bearing in mind, think about how much money you could lose.