Fake, Imitation, Laguna, Faux, Majorica, Majorcan, Swarovski Pearl Photos, Stories

[Xpearlnoob1]

Some of us want a place to share photos and stories of various man-made pearl-lookalikes, so let's put them here. This can be helpful for comparison and educational purposes, examples of jewelry, vintage or new, which are not cultured or natural pearls. I'll be taking some photos soon!

These are 15-20mm, they fluoresce slightly bright green with streaks of blue (I think that means guanine) I don't know who made them. They were in my mother's collection. I know she loved to collect French couture anything, so there's a pretty solid chance they are French but that's the only clue I have.

This is a great idea for the thread. I have quite a few odd examples to share. Next I'll share the mystery pearls with blue orient that I can't find examples of anywhere!

 

[Xpearlnoob1]

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These are 15-20mm, they fluoresce slightly bright green with streaks of blue (I think that means guanine) I don't know who made them. They were in my mother's collection. I know she loved to collect French couture anything, so there's a pretty solid chance they are French but that's the only clue I have.

This is a great idea for the thread. I have quite a few odd examples to share. Next I'll share the mystery pearls with blue orient that I can't find examples of anywhere!

These are 13mm, white with a nice blue orient that doesn't come through in photos as clearly as they are in real life. A few are a little beat up. I'm not sure of their origin, the next closest match I've seen is Swarovski simulation pearls.

 

[Xpearlnoob1]

These are 13mm, white with a nice blue orient that doesn't come through in photos as clearly as they are in real life. A few are a little beat up. I'm not sure of their origin, the next closest match I've seen is Swarovski simulation pearls.

Then I have this triple strand of creamy white simulation pearls. 7mm with a gold tone faux mauve pearl clasp similar to mikimoto in the 80s but not signed. The knotting accuracy and overall quality is nearly perfection. This is an extremely well built vintage simulation piece. Also probably French at least in construction but I'm not sure.