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Originally Posted by Apache
The Nacre on pearls scratch real easy and it has a pebbly texture. One quick way to tell genuine and cultured pearls from fake is to run the pearl over your front teeth. If it is smooth it is fake. If it has a gritty feel it is real.
Apache
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Not actual nacre. Mimicking it. Scratch-resistant glass bound together by a pliable (polymer?) substrate.