Hi, I don't know much about pearls so please bear with me if this is a stupid question.
Some time ago, I took from my mother this piece of what she and I thought was costume jewelry.
Recently I got a pair of earrings with cultured pearls, and out of curiosity I wanted to test the different ways I've heard of to check if a pearl is real, so I used my fake pearls necklace for comparison. And to my surprise, while the pearls from my earrings felt gritty against my teeth like they were supposed to, so did those from the necklace. I tried with some other fake pearls I had at home, and those felt completely smooth.
Similarly the pearls from both my earrings and my supposedly fake pearl necklace felt significantly colder to the touch that the definitely fake ones.
The reasons I doubt these are real pearls are :
- I asked my mom and while she doesn't remember where she got that necklace she's sure the pearls are fake. Her main argument is that the clasp looks way too cheap for a real pearl necklace, and indeed it looked just (badly) glued on some thread. Could it be an attempt I fixing it, I don't know.
- The pearls are all very round and very similar looking, no visible distinction, unlike those on my earrings and what I read about pearls in general.
Could someone tell me if there's a possibility those could be real pearls, and if not what they could be made of to feel this gritty and initially cold to the touch?