How can you tell if a pearl necklace is real or not???...Please be specific and you will get my best answer...

Answer 1

Method 1 - Touch - Put the pearls against your neck. Genuine pearls will feel cold to the touch as plastic coated pearls generally feel warmer

Method 2 - Teeth - Bite or rasp the pearl. A fake will feel smooth and slippery, while the real pearl has a grain or grit.

Method 3 - Flame - If you are able, set fire to the pearl. The real pearl will not burn.

Answer 2

Here’s a traditional test—just rub the pearl gently across your teeth. A real pearl will feel gritty, but an artificial pearl will feel smooth and slippery. Remember, cultured pearls are real pearls, so they, too, will feel gritty.
This test works only on glass beads made to look like real pearls. Rubbed against the teeth, modern “shell pearl” imitations feel just like real ones.

Answer 3

You can try this:


The Sun Test:
This is my favorite test. It involves taking your pearls out into the sun or holding them under very bright indoor lighting. Unless they are very expensive, genuine pearls won't be perfectly matched under the sun. You will be able to see variations in their iridescence (orient) and color. If the pearls are perfectly matched for color and overtones, they are most probably fake.

The Visual:
Fakes tend to look 'flat' in comparison to the real thing.
There are exceptions, of course, with beautiful simulated pearls made by Swarovski and other manufacturers.
Real pearls tend not to be perfect and may have bands in their nacre, bumps, ridges, or pits.
They vary in size and shape from one to another.
Genuine pearls may have concentric ridged circles around them, which inexperienced people may take for marks from molding of a fake (which is seen in the exact middle of all the pearls on strands of some faux pearls).
Real pearls come in many shapes, but they tend not to be perfectly round, so a perfect sphere should be suspect. Expensive genuine pearls may be round, but you will have other clues to help you make a determination. Some fakes are made to look irregular, and glass pearls often have flattened ends or slightly oval shapes.
In addition to visual clues, genuine pearls tend to warm to the skin much faster than glass pearls.
Resin or plastic pearls tend to feel somewhat warm upon first contact.



Hope this helps......

Answer 4

The simplest way to tell if a pearl is real is to rub it against your teeth. If it feels gritty as opposed to smooth, it is real. The only other way I know of is to stick it in vinegar, which dissolves it. If it dissolves it was real and it's gone. Try the teeth thing first.

Answer 5

Rub the pearl on your teeth, if it's real, it'll feel gritty against your teeth, if it's smooth, then it's fake. This was taught to me by an old jeweler.

Answer 6

Rub it on your teeth- if the pearls feel rough, not smooth, it's real. ALso, take it to a jeweler you trust for analysis.

Answer 7

If you rub the pearls on your teeth they should feel "sandy". Or you can always drop them in a glass of red wine, lol. If they are real they will disolve, a bit drastic though if I do say so myself. :-)

Answer 8

I have heard that if you rub the pearl, if it's real, it will release a powdery residue.

Answer 9

Take them to a jewelry appraiser, they will be able to tell very easily with little or no fee.

Answer 10

If it is white, warm, and good and sticky, you can rest assured it is real!