By Victor Epand
 Want to know if you've got the real thing? Rub the strand across the front of your upper teeth. It may sound strange, but real pearls will feel rough or gritty while fake ones will feel smooth. This is due to the micropores found on the genuine article.
Imitation pearls are usually made by dipping a glass or plastic bead into a solution of fish scales. The coating is generally fairly thin and will chip over time. Check the pearls for tiny chips or flakes near the hole drilled through them. If you see chips, chances are your pearls are fake.
Try holding the pearls in your hand for a minute. Real pearls will feel cold initially, then will warm.
Real pearls can be either natural or cultured. Natural pearls are formed when a mollusk secretes a substance called nacre to coat an irritant that makes its way inside the animal's shell. Cultured pearls are formed with a little human help -- an irritant is purposely introduced into the shell of the animal. You usually need an x-ray or |
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By David Kowalczyk
 Pearl bracelets improve a woman's on the whole look with its normal and stylish beauty. Pearl is considered as a invaluable gem from occasion immemorial for the reason that of its characteristic elegance and attractiveness. A bangle as an decoration itself is competent of giving a kind of self-confidence to the woman wearing and if it is a gem bracelet, she becomes the centre of magnetism.
The pearls can be ordinary or refined and the freshwater pearls are in huge requirement these days for the cause that not together from the usual white dye, there are additional colors like red, rose, the blue, the cream, the color the violet, the yellow, the golden, the silver etc. They also move toward in a group of shape like drop, the egg shaped, the round, the pears etc.
With so a lot of colors and diversity of shape, these freshwater pearls are fetching a real treasure for woman who worth taste and style. Pearl jewels are geared up in diverse designs and method with freshwater pearls every now and then mixed with other gems too. a |
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