A good strand of real pearl jewellery always becomes something that the whole family (at least female members of the family!) adore and something that’s passed on from the mother to the daughter. Pearls are many girls’ best friend;-) Howadays with more and more imitation pearls merging on the market, it would be useful to have a few tricks to tell the real pearls from faux pearls.
A real pearl means a pearl that has either been naturally formed or cultured within an oyster shell, namely sea pearls/natural pearls or freshwater pearls/cultured pearls. A faux pearl is generally understood to mean any sort of pearl that is made of something other than true nacre, be it plastic, glass, or resin.
It is relatively easy to distinguish real pearls from faux pearls. Real pearls generally heavier than faux pearls. They are cold to the touch and quickly adapt to the body’s temperature when you wear them – this is a similar quality in all natural gemstones.
Pearl Fairy’s Tip: Rub a pearl against your teeth – a real one feels rough (as if there’s sand inside) whereas a faux pearl feels smooth. If you have a strand of pearls, you may also rub two of them against each other with a little force. Look carefully: on real pearls a trace of powder will appear on the surface. Wipe away the powder and the lustre is back to exactly the same as before. Faux pearls will feel completely smooth and will not create any trace of powder; and if you rub them too hard, the surface will be damaged and cannot be restored (so don’t!).
Faux pearls are usually completely regular and uniform in colour. Real pearls are always somewhat irregular: even AAA quality real pearls that look perfectly round and very smooth in lustre are not 100% immaculate if you examine them carefully enough – as these are creations of nature. Nowadays some faux pearls are also made to be irregular in order to seem more like real pearls, but they are still distinguishable through touching and rubbing.
Important question: how would I know if it is real pearls when I’m shopping online? Here are Pearl Fairy’s tips:
1. try and buy from established sellers like amazon (as they check their sellers seriously), bobijou, absolutepearls or Carla Pearls, etc. – big pearl suppliers are trust worthy and you know where to find them!
2. read the product specs: honest supplier always put down a lot of information on the pearls, whether they are natural, freshwater or shell pearls (we’ll discover what are shell pearls later).
3. the price always tells you something: a typical freshwater princess length single strand necklace with round pearls (i.e. the most classic and popular kind) typically costs between £40 – £100 or more, depending on the rating (and yes we’ll discover ratings in a later chapter). Anything less than £40 should be in irregular shapes on the photos (this means they are of a modest quality and the price could be for real pearls); if they look perfectly round and are sold for a price lower than £40, then they are very likely to be faux pearls.
4. make sure the seller offers good returns policies – if the seller offers good returns policy then it is probably an honest seller.
5. ask around: see if any of your friends have shopped for pearls online and are satisfied with the product. Reference is always an extra guarantee!
6. google for pearl sellers reviews – see what the internet folks say about a seller!
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