How to Know if Pearls are Real or Fake 

I sell pearls and one simple but reliable test is the temperature. A real pearl is an organic stone and will always be as cold as every other natural stone. A fake pearl made of resin, silicone or acryl will have room temperature. The test of biting on a pearl is also very reliable. Biting a real pearl feels like biting on glass and makes the same sound. Biting a fake pearl makes no sound and feels like biting on plastic. And you can't damage a real pearl with your teeth. Also, real pearls will never "wash off", "melt", "fade" or "shrink". Remember, they are organic stones!

Hey hun l wonder if any of can help me. I inherited a pearl ring that has a big pearl and is winged with two tinny diamonds. The ring is 14k gold, the Diamonds are 05 but what is the stamp for the authentic pearl ?

Excellent video! Very informative! That was a nice tip you offered at the end, like the genuine tone your voice gives.

How long did it take to get your GIA ? I loved this video, very helpful !!

Awesome professional video! i'm a gemmo student in Australia, just wondering if there is a specific term for the sheen affect seen on nacreous pearls?

Excellent demo with Excellent advice. Thanks

Very helpful information for anyone who is intrigued by these stunning objects.

Great advice and nicely given, thanks!

Very interesting I might be interested to start a cultured pearl growing business in tanks here in N.W. Arizona fresh water petals where can I learn more

I have my mother's Mikimoto pearls. They have a screw together 14k barrel closure. The strand is 36inches and were purchased in 1968 in Japan. I wonder the value? I have original documents.

Great info. Very helpful. Thank you.

thank you for sharing! im a young artist and you taught me a lot

Great descriptive video!

This video was awesomely informative, thank you!

You're awesome! Thanks for the education. My wife wants pearl earrings for her birthday this year and I don't know a thing about them. The discretion part at the end is brilliant. Manners are becoming more rare these days!

Thanks! Very useful tips...

Thanks for sharing. Have a great and bless day. Mrs.Fleury Sommers.

Considering that this video is 12 years old, it is a very informative and good video. Still relevant after 12 years !

thank you for this..Pearl was my birth stone..so love it..i have a lot collection ans sets of those expensive but don't know if its real or not..now i know..i learned a lot for this video..thank you so much for the advice..xxx

How much does a real high quality pearl cost?

Good informative video

I'm no expert, but I think another way to tell is if they are excessively shiny or glossy. Pearls have a milky lustre.

Thank you!

Wow, very cool! Thank you for posting!

Very helpful. Thank you.

Thanks for a quality video!

If you have to send pearls off to be tested or put them in your mouth to tell they are fakes... then why not save your money, love your pearls and wear fake ones! You will probably wear them more often and enjoy them more without worrying about them and keeping them for those special times (AKA every five years) Unless you go to dinner with a gemologist know one will ever know, just make sure they have a very nice clasp.

Good info

I am going to use your sage advice and find out which if any of my late mother's pearls are real. Thank you so very much for this very informative video, which was clear, concise and easy to understand :D

It would be very helpful if you would show close ups side by side of real versus fake

Really instructive. Thank you for sharing your knowledge =) @ born2live6938: "Pearl knotting" is just a jewelry technique.Therefore, it can be used with any kind of beads.Originally, it was used to prevent the pearls to rub against each other as they're rather soft material.Also as they were quite expensive, and the silk used wasn't as strong as the ones we make today,the knots avoided to lose too many pearls in case of breaking.Look at a portrait of Elizabeth I of England,you'll see what I mean

Iridescence. It's the rarest and most desirable quality you can see on pearls and only occurs on highly nacreous pearls.

Now this is very interesting and educational, because for several years I have been wondering how to tell if a pearl or pearls are real or fake. All I know naturally is the weight of the pearls. If the pearls are light, it may be fake, but if it's a little heavy, it may be real. And sometimes I can tell with the drilled holes in them as well, but very tricky for me to tell. Great video. :)

Thanks for this video.

thank you for this informational video =)

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very informative 😊

For what purpose everybody use the pearl ?imean doesit works to remove depression and laziness?

Best advise EVER. My jeweler keeps pressing me to come buy a set of pearls from them.

So wonderful !!

I've one pearl in my pendant. It was quite expensive. It's around 9mm, has beautifull shine and little imperfections on the surface. Looks like very good real pearl. BUT it feels 100% smooth. I've some real pearls that have this sandy feeling so I know how it feels like. Is my pearl fake?

Nice!

Can you comment on cultured pearls from Korea purchased in the late 1940's (pre-Korean Conflict). Were pearl farms common then and if so what was the general quality of the pearls produced? I have 3 strands of these pearls which are quite beautiful and would like to learn a bit more about them.

How to tell if underwear pose that are out of the heavy or wait on lighter or even that sometimes that a bump clothes that are fake and including that well some coils that many people want to clean it on it and what kind of liquid or that kind of stuff it is that the tale of a real one or a fake one it is and specially how long time in years that are up to get more lasting ever or you can test that get it off a cup and a water that do test dollar is lighter or heavier the coils is going to be dropping slow down or dropping fast down

My wife hinted at pearl necklaces the other day :D thanks for the tips! And thank you God for helping me pick up that hint! Lord knows you girls are notorious for those ;D

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I purchased an unstrung strand of pearls over 30 years ago when I was working in the gem shows from a dealer. I've had them restrung twice and never thought of asking if they were real or not. They're gorgeous, weighted and far from being symmetrical and I love them but I have to ask: would the jeweler have said something if they weren't real?

I have that necklace on 1:00 is that one real or fake and how much is it

Hi Yano

Thanks for a well done informative video!

You have got it and all of mine were.

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Useful tips.

so i have majorica pearl is it genuinely?

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i HAD 3 STRANDS OF baroque pearls (pink, grey and white) from Lord & Taylor. They were long, could be tied in a knot and were beautiful. I took them to a reputed jeweler and towards the end of our 'meeting', he said, "Wait a minute." In front of me he scraped a tiny bit of shaving (I almost died) and put the pearls under a microscope. He looked at me and said, "These are the best fakes I've ever seen.".

Thank you for the clear video you placed here, it was well though out and I will keep in mind the final though of never commenting on what pearls people are wearing. I was told once that you can joke and run down a friend as much as you like but never run down his car or his wife. have a nice day.

@ gyrotech777: If I may say, I don't think you would appreciate to buy something which is an absolute fake when you would have been told and have paid the price for the real thing...It is just a fraud from the seller to do so...After that it's just a matter of taste (and money as well), but if you're considering about keeping your jewelry for decades, perhaps as an heirloom, then you have to care about quality...But that's just my humble opinion, you know...

I love pearls

Artificial pears feel light in hand .

I love pearl

Thanks, I just tested 3 pearl necklaces I have from an Estate Sale, 2 are fake, 1 is real! Im learning.

I place a tiny water droplet on the surface. If the shape is round, it’s real. Not round, it’s fake.

My pearl necklaces are priceless.

My name is John Brian Sommers, I doubt we are related but I wonder...I'm a beginner jeweler.

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Informative

I was also taught once when buying pearls that if you rub the pearls against each other it should cause a scratch... if it's real there should be some powder and you can rub away the scratch with your fingers, this is because pearls are made up of layers. If the scratch stays it's a fake...

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U.K. do notation real pearls any more

I HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THE TOOTH TEST.SUPPOSE YOU HAVE DENTURS, THEN WHAT.? I HAVE NEVER FOUND ANYONE THAT ADDRESED THIS PROBLEM.

hi i am intrested

Your last comment is the best. Dont remark on others jewelry hahaha then you will never be friends again basically :-) Good video

Very nice guide. "GIA" : You need only water, glass, scale and tiny calculation. Specific gravity of (approx.) 70 different types of pearls is 2.61 to 2.85. Of course you'll not go to GIA but only because their basic and most used scientific method is based on weight / mm^3 and/or cm^3. You'll do that at home in 3 minutes. After successful specific gravity identification you can even classify types and "nationality" of pearls by S.G. result. Pearls., if you truly love pearls you'll recognize real ones from 1 meter distance (just to ruin my "credibility"). As of the comment below "the one who have the same" as one on 1:00, even with that blurry picture 90% I can say he's probably richest on RU-vid today, no specific gravity test necessary :)

@Fleury Sommers : If you would peel a pearl with a sharp object, and after removing the peeled surface the pearl would remain intact, would that make it real?

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real one is now not costlier but high grade pearls are not now in the market to sell gallantly.

THE TOOTH NEVER LIES

Hello..... l have an old natural pearl necklace that was extracted from 1884 consisting of a collar of 3roles.a ring and a ring of 700beads and a real diamond brooch l want to sell it

if you rub it on your teeth you risk scratching it

You can only know if you test if its salty

great information, a suggestion though, find high resolution images for your examples... The pixellation on some of the pictures was a little distracting.

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Easiest way to tell if pearls are real or not? Rub them against your teeth; if they feel rough they're genuine.

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A real pearl necklace will wash off with soap, a fake one will not...

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just try to make soft bite .. if not slippery is real one. is best way to do before u burn or put it some liquid which wich damage the fake pearl lol

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worry about damaging pearl but not your tooth lol .

i have a pearl iwant to sell it 10.21 kg

if they are so close, who cares. All good

The only real way is to have them xrayed. Also unless you paid millions for a strand, you don’t have true natural pearls. They have been extremely rare for centuries and are a once in a many lifetimes find. Since about 1918 when the cultured process was perfected by a Bristish guy -99%. of all pearls are cultured and this includes freshwater. The better cultured use specific shell material which is cut and smoothed into a round shape and inserted into specific oyster types with small piece of mantle of saraficed oysters. . The cheap CULTURED ones use beads of all kinds of mixed material. Anytime you see an oyster with tons of pearls, they have been implanted with at least that many beads. The more pearls, means lower quality. High end pearls like the Japense french Polynesian types push for 1 very high quality pearls. The shell material (irritant), clean pure waters, type of oyster, and length of time determine the quality. All colored pearls (except south seas ) have been dyed. Natural pearls run from white, ivory, black with purple irridescent, pink, silver, grey, ). If you see red, bright blue, orange, etc...dyed. Years ago grey, most black or silver were considered low quality -still are except where companies have done great marketing. The quality of a pearl is determined by the depth of nacre and the luster. The most prized cultured are from Japan and FP. Fake or synthetic pearls are made by coating a bead with ground pearl powder or something to look like it. Some have perfected it to create ones that are tough to tell. Don’t pay more than $500 with out a verifiable GIA certificate and then call and have it verified. And always take a valuable piece of jewlry to a jewelry or pearl expert. Don’t buy from anyone who hasn’t been around for hears and hears so you can find them. If they change their name, location..STOP, RUN..FAST. The moral if you are buying something called antique vintage real pears and the price is under millions...it ain’t real natural pearl. If over $15,000 it might be an nice cultured pearl necklace - have it checked as lots of scammers.. If $500, it is a lower end cultured..only buy if you really like it - just know it isn’t a natural pearl and certainly not a high or even mid range quality pearl piece. See below article on very valuable pearl necklaces that have passed through centuries of buyers. $2-11 million. www.truefacet.com/guide/lustrous-luxurious-worlds-expensive-pearls/

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Cool! Dana means pearl also and my name is Dana!! My parents told me!!!

I can listen to this slightly trailer trash voice all day, and possibility night too.

damn, my pears are real, damn, i got them in my old house as a necklace

pearls are so cheap, why fake them?