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<p>[QUOTE="KSW, post: 8410084, member: 8708"]They look in really nice condition. </p><p>Are you sure they are real pearls rather than good quality glass ones?</p><p>Have you got a loupe? </p><p>Faux will be very smooth and uniform whereas real will have small imperfections and have a lustre to them. If you rub them against your front teeth real ones will be slightly gritty, whereas faux are completely smooth. Nice clasp on the second one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Some glass ones have knots and some real ones don’t if they have been restrung by an amateur it’s not a reliable test.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSW, post: 8410084, member: 8708"]They look in really nice condition. Are you sure they are real pearls rather than good quality glass ones? Have you got a loupe? Faux will be very smooth and uniform whereas real will have small imperfections and have a lustre to them. If you rub them against your front teeth real ones will be slightly gritty, whereas faux are completely smooth. Nice clasp on the second one :) Some glass ones have knots and some real ones don’t if they have been restrung by an amateur it’s not a reliable test.[/QUOTE]
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