A Real Pearl

Stringing on cotton or twine with or without knots isn t a good omen.

A real pearl.

A real pearl has a unique pearl luster and a natural rough feel. Depending on whether human assistance is involved or not this organic gem can either be cultured or natural. Real pearls are substantial and solid. These ridges may not be visible to the naked eye.

Real pearls have like a fingerprint like surface ridges in them so they are not identical or perfectly spherical. What are real pearls. If you grab a real pearl necklace in one hand and a faux pearl necklace with the same amount of gems in the other more often than not the real pearls will feel heavier. A cultured pearl is a real pearl grown in a shellfish or mollusk.

Here s an example of an imitation necklace. Fake pearls are often very light especially plastic or ceramic ones while glass pearls often feel heavier than real pearls. Fake pearls made from glass or plastic will usually be almost perfectly smooth. You should be feeling the weight of the pearl when you hold it in your hands.

A real pearl is produced by pearl bearing oysters either in fresh or salt water. These pearls are created the old fashioned way but with a little assistance from man. There are many varieties of cultured pearls including freshwater saltwater tahitian and south sea pearls. If you look very closely at them even under a magnifying glass you will notice these surface ridges and the specific quality to each pearl whereas fake pearls they all of them look identical and have smooth surfaces.

South sea pearls grow in a large pearl oyster native to australia the philippines myanmar and indonesia. Over 99 of the real pearls sold today are cultured pearls. You may want to brush your teeth before attempting this test to make sure they re clean. Real pearls are heavier than fake pearls one of the very first differences between real and fake pearls is no other than their weight.

Note the very large perfectly formed pearls but cheap clasp. It s worth noting that almost all pearls on the market today are cultured. A pearlis a hard glistening object produced within the soft tissue specifically the mantle of a living shelledmolluskor another animal such as fossil conulariids. South sea pearls are often referred to as the rolls royce of pearls.

This is because it has small ridges on its surface. Real pearls would have been strung on silk thread and knotted between each pearl to stop them rubbing together and protect against breakage. A real pearl will usually have a slightly rough or gritty texture from tiny scale like imperfections in its outer layers of nacre.