When I was in Asia I saw necklaces advertised as cultured pearl necklaces but the pearls were an inch?
Posted on September 29th, 2009 by admin
in diameter, so could this be true? They were not too expensive but I can’t remember how much now. Maybe $50. But a lot cheaper than regular size pearl necklaces in the jewellers in Australia. I heard you can tell by sucking them and feeling the unevenness of the coating, but you can hardly do that while the shop assistant is watching. How big can pearls be before you know they are fake?
The size you describe is when you know they’re fake, oh and the $50 price tag would be another tip off I would think.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
The size you describe is when you know they’re fake, oh and the $50 price tag would be another tip off I would think.
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September 29th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
In you case, those pearls are fake. People need to earn a lotta money so they lie and all and tell you that their pearls are cultured even when they’re not. I’m Asian and yes, I pretty much know about this kind of stuff.
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September 29th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
"Cultured Pearl" simply means that it was grown in a mollusk on a pearl farm. There are many freshwater pearls on the market that are much less expensive than Akoya, or even South Sea pearls. These are all formed in different mollusk. The size of the mollusk will determine the size of the pearl. Anything that is that inexpensive that is being called a cultured pearl would more than likely be freshwater. Freshwater pearls tend to be inexpensive, in part because one freshwater mollusk (a mussell) can yield up to 50 pearls. A freshwater pearl could never be 25 mm (or the inch you described). In fact, the only pearls that can get to be that size would be South Sea or Tahitian, like are the expensive ones that you are thinking about from Australia. With all this in mind, these particular pearls were "fake."
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