After many many years of diving for pearls divers have made natural pearls so rare.
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Most fake pearls that are on the market today come from china and are made in labs using materials such as plastic and glass.
They are still 100 real pearls yet less rare than their natural counterparts.
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Most real pearls feel somewhat heavy for their size.
Realistically if a strand of pearls both looks perfect and is inexpensive the pearls may be simulated or fake.
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As the popularity of pearls continued to grow in the 20 th century so did the rise of counterfeit pearls.
Therefore they are hard to find on the ocean s surface these days.
Look for a sharp luster.
For best results you may want to compare your pearls with a set you know are real or fake.
Cultured pearls created using a pearl farming technique.
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Some say they are close to becoming extinct.
And strands of pearls are hardly ever made with perfect pearls.
For obvious reasons this test isn t perfect judging the weight of a few small pearls can be tricky.
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As mentioned earlier only natural and cultured pearls and considered authentic.
While perfectly round pearls can be real they are also quite rare.
On the other hand fakes especially plastic pearls will have a light insubstantial feel.
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The rise of fake pearls.
Some materials such as glass and composite or shell pearls pearls made from crushed and reconstituted shell may fool this test.
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The company specialized in simulated pearls of such high quality that a marvella pearl brooch marvella pearl necklace and marvella bracelet set was featured in vogue in 1945.
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