Some of these names, unfortunately, are used to deceive the consumer. The words "Simulated”, “organic”, “fashionable”, “of style”, “false” (faux), “, “done by the regional man”, “Majorca”, or other names, are all terms that are applied to imitation or false pearls.

Most of the experts in pearls can appreciate the difference between a imitation and an authentic one with seeing it. Nevertheless, thanks to sophisticated manufacturing techniques and completion, for the consumer can be difficult to distinguish at first between an authentic pearl and a good imitation.

A way easy to find out is making the “TEST OF THE TOOTH”:

• If a string of imitation pearls is touched with the teeth, the tact will be smooth.
• A string of authentic pearls will feel a little sandy. This “sandy” sensation comes from the crystalline structure of the nacre that forms the pearl then its authenticity.+BACK