While perfectly round pearls can be real they are also quite rare.
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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.
After many many years of diving for pearls divers have made natural pearls so rare.
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They are still 100 real pearls yet less rare than their natural counterparts.
Most real pearls feel somewhat heavy for their size.
The rise of fake pearls.
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And strands of pearls are hardly ever made with perfect pearls.
As the popularity of pearls continued to grow in the 20 th century so did the rise of counterfeit pearls.
Most fake pearls that are on the market today come from china and are made in labs using materials such as plastic and glass.
On the other hand fakes especially plastic pearls will have a light insubstantial feel.
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Look for a sharp luster.
Realistically if a strand of pearls both looks perfect and is inexpensive the pearls may be simulated or fake.
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Therefore they are hard to find on the ocean s surface these days.
Such a strand would be extremely costly.
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Some say they are close to becoming extinct.
One of the most frequent questions pearl and bead stringers are asked is are my pearls real here is how to know whether pearls are real without any equipm.
Cultured pearls created using a pearl farming technique.
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For obvious reasons this test isn t perfect judging the weight of a few small pearls can be tricky.
Some materials such as glass and composite or shell pearls pearls made from crushed and reconstituted shell may fool this test.