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From the lens How to Tell Real Pearls and Fake Pearls Apart.

Do you think you could successfully tell real pearls from fakes now? Do you have any questions or comments about this lens?

  • Gaudiosa T. Vidal Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:54 am | delete
    my boyfriend bought me a pearl necklace from a man who live near the sea, and we called that man as the Badjao man, and i really want to know if it is real pearl or fake pearl, how would i know if it is real?
  • Sebastian Apr 14, 2012 @ 11:41 am | delete
    i found a few pearls in my backyard and they had the shape of a leaf on the back and I know that this takes thousands of years for this to happen so I wanted to know if they are real.
  • Heather McDonald Mar 4, 2012 @ 12:24 pm | delete
    I have a black pearl, and it cracked aa the way around. Then there was a outer layer that fell off. It revieled a solid white center. It looked like the black just fell off. Does a real black pearl have a white center? Will a real black pearl break like that? Also the remaining black part is changing it's color. So my question is did I get ripped off? Is my pearl fake?
  • LeCordonDude Oct 27, 2011 @ 5:03 pm | delete
    Don't tell my girlfriend!
  • miaponzo Sep 16, 2011 @ 3:52 am | delete
    VERY interesting lens! I adore pearls and have many.. this was right up my alley!
  • aeravida Sep 9, 2011 @ 8:53 am | delete
    Great information!
  • Adinantiquejewelry Sep 7, 2011 @ 3:16 am | delete
    good explanation on how to detect the faux and the good. Thanks for this lens
  • ladiepug Aug 6, 2011 @ 11:17 pm | delete
    As an avid yard saler i came across both sets, faux and real today. It was amazing. I am truly glad to have a relationship with my jeweler who informed me that the first set i bought today was fake or manmade. She then walked me through the "tooth test" and gave me her store's pearls to see the difference. I had the tag and the box the pearls came in and i took them off before i went. I also looked up the company. While i'm sure there are reputable dealers of jewelry on line, the company that sells the brand of pearls i bought is a,"buy a bead" company. While they pass them off as "real" they also do state they are MANMADE!! This makes me even more skeptical of internet companies who try to sell jewelry at the prices in which, if you know what you're looking for, you could just get the "real thing". I took them back and demanded my money back. Needless to say the ppl were pissed when i told them they weren't real, (they demanded they were), but also quickly gave me my money back. At the next yard sale, i had no idea i'd be able to try my hand again. Are you kidding me? Lo and behold, all kinds of strands of pearls of shapes and sizes, and beads of color hung on a cork board. As i used my newly formed eye and tooth, i found a strand. I bought them, 2 dollars. Took them back to my jeweler and these, were freshwater pearls. Not bad for a hard days work. To end this, this was a great read, short and to the point. I really like having an additional way to tell if they're real or not, the sunlight test. So awesome. Thank you so much for this article!!!
  • Harshitha Jul 28, 2011 @ 3:33 am | delete
    very informative.
  • lea Apr 15, 2011 @ 12:34 pm | delete
    in the sunlight I found a tiny black dot on a few of he pearls and also the clasp has been incraved with letters yhey look like real they look totally different from my fake ones.
  • SandyPeaks Dec 30, 2010 @ 12:18 pm | delete
    This is a helpful and informative lens! Blessed by a SquidAngel.
  • gloria Jun 10, 2009 @ 7:10 pm | delete
    I HAVE LOVE AFFAIR WITHE PEARLS IM BEINE USE SICE I WAS A LITTER GRIL MY MOTHER LOVE THEME...AND ME TOO. I HAVE A FEW NECKLES AND 32 RINGS THE ARE REAL AND I LOVE THEM AND REMAIME MY MOTHER...
  • verity green Jun 3, 2009 @ 11:48 am | delete
    my grama has just left 4 sets of pearls to me one of the sets is fake and i can tell it apart from the other sets, the fake pearls look silver and the real are creamy and heavier in weight!

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