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Friday, December 26, 2008

Real Pearl


Pearl is second after diamond for women, precious and charming. Neckless, rings, bracelets made of real pearls are famous world over and one can buy pearl from few dollars to some thousand dollars but now days imitation of pearl is done worldwide and hundreds of people get cheated everyday by purchasing fake pearls




How Are Fake Pearls Made?





  1. Plastic Beads - The beads are cover with as many as forty coats of pearl essence and hand polished between each coat, but is much lighter than glass beads.


  2. Mother-of-pearl shell beads - These are coated with the same substances as plastic and glass imitations. There are also some occasions that people sell uncoated mother-of-pearl shell beads, and claim those are pearls. Other terms used to designate imitation pearls are simulated and faux pearls.



  3. Glass beads - Make in the same process as that of plastic beads. But they are heavier than plastic beads.



How Can We Test Real Pearl?


  1. Simple Rub/ Friction Test For Pearl. - Take two pearls then lightly rub one against the other. If they feel gritty or sandy, they are real pearls. If they feel smooth, they are not real.





  2. Microscope Test for Pearl.- Magnify the surface of the pearl with a magnifier. If it look grainy, the bead is imitation pearl. If it looks scaly, maze-like, it is real pearl.





  3. Density Test For Pearl. - Density is the mass of an object as a function of its volume. Real pearls are heavier for their size than plastic, resin, or hollow glass pearls. Good glass fakes will have the same density are real pearls. Light pearls are fake - you can't tell real from faux on the basis of density alone if the pearls are heavy.





  4. X-Ray Test For Pearl. - If you really need to know whether or not your pearls are real or fake or whether they are natural or cultured, you are going to have to pay someone, preferably a certified gemologist, to x-ray them for you. An x-ray will show the inside of the pearl, including variations in its density, the presence or absence of a parasite that might have caused the formation of a natural pearl, and the characteristic shapes of drill holes, if present.





So by Following the above mentioned tests one can easily find that the pearl is real or not. However Cultured Pearls being the exception.

4 comments:

desert_moon said...

Hello,

I liked your article about how to know when we are buying a real pearl, I have been working with pearls (South Sea) for several years and I must say that it is a pity how people would say anything to the customers just to have a sale.

I would add though that cultured pearls are not natural, but real and nowsaday the best quality pearls that can be found.

I would agree that the beauty of a natural pearl is that it had happened by chance, but for everyone to know the 1st step to get a pearl is a nucleus or bead what will make sick the oyster and the animal will cover with mother of pearl to rid off the pain, bottom line? at the end of the day it has to be there something that the oyster will cover with nacre (mother of pearl).

What makes so especial south sea pearls? Those pearls will have at least 4mm of nacre before to be harvested.

And finally, if someone is buying a real pearl, should be from a jewellery shop that will provide him/her with a certificate of the origin of the pearl and the asurance that the colour is natural.

Looking forward for your next article.

Best Regards,
R.

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