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Are there pearls in Phuket?
Are there cheap pearls in Phuket? And where can I buy them?
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there is. On the beach. And the market on Rawai Beach. Although there are probably others too.
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answered 14 years ago
There are plenty of pearls everywhere and at prices that differ by an order of magnitude. Pearls in Thailand happen:
- natural
- natural grown
- artificial (sawed from the shell of shells "elephant's ear")
- plastic.
What do you like? :)))
Natural is very good and very expensive in the jewelry stores of Bangkok - from 1500-2000 one pearl.
Plastic - two buckets per dollar, sawn - one bucket per dollar.
The average price, the most different forms and shades - the natural grown up. But be careful - a non-specialist may not be able to distinguish from a fake. I looked at the beach for a thread for $ 15, judging by the price - some bullshit, but I could not see any differences from the store for $ 200 per thread. Didn't take one or the other.
Now I read a little about how to evaluate pearls, maybe next time I'll take it.
- natural
- natural grown
- artificial (sawed from the shell of shells "elephant's ear")
- plastic.
What do you like? :)))
Natural is very good and very expensive in the jewelry stores of Bangkok - from 1500-2000 one pearl.
Plastic - two buckets per dollar, sawn - one bucket per dollar.
The average price, the most different forms and shades - the natural grown up. But be careful - a non-specialist may not be able to distinguish from a fake. I looked at the beach for a thread for $ 15, judging by the price - some bullshit, but I could not see any differences from the store for $ 200 per thread. Didn't take one or the other.
Now I read a little about how to evaluate pearls, maybe next time I'll take it.
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answered 14 years ago
In Phuket, they take you to some pearl factory. I think there is at least some guarantee that it is natural. But the prices, of course, will be higher than in ordinary stores. "Gems Gallery" have a good reputation, but you have to go without a guide, the price will be much lower.
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answered 14 years ago
It is necessary to gnaw a little pearl, natural creaks. And more natural can be of two types: river and sea.
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answered 14 years ago
Pachok, please write what you read there, how to check pearls! I want to bring my daughter-in-law as a gift. I will be very grateful!!!
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answered 14 years ago
In outline:
- it cannot be perfectly correct form,
- you need to rub it on the front surface of the tooth and feel some roughness. It may not be perfectly smooth, but you can't feel it with your fingers.
- should be cool, - should also be applied to the lips
- glitter should not hurt the eye, but create a feeling of "glow"
And do not forget to inspect the hole through which the thread is threaded, there you can see whether the color is uniform in depth, or the bead is colored, whether the self-made "mother of pearl" does not break off.
- it cannot be perfectly correct form,
- you need to rub it on the front surface of the tooth and feel some roughness. It may not be perfectly smooth, but you can't feel it with your fingers.
- should be cool, - should also be applied to the lips
- glitter should not hurt the eye, but create a feeling of "glow"
And do not forget to inspect the hole through which the thread is threaded, there you can see whether the color is uniform in depth, or the bead is colored, whether the self-made "mother of pearl" does not break off.
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answered 14 years ago
There is a souvenir shop, everyone is taken there on a sightseeing tour. But we didn’t pay much attention, we don’t need it
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answered 14 years ago
The plastic will melt, but the "elephant ear" will not: (((so - not a method.
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answered 14 years ago
How to identify natural pearls
Currently, there is a lot of jewelry that imitates real pearls.
Imitation pearls were first obtained in the middle of the 16th century in France. It is done like this. Hollow balls are made from fusible opalescent (“rainbow”, iridescent) glass. On their inner surface, using parchment glue, a special paste is applied, consisting of silvery scales of small bleak fish. Then the cavities of the balls are filled with wax. In the 20th century, they began to use a number of ways to imitate pearls - from glass, mother-of-pearl pastes, celluloid, gelatin. Similarity of black pearls is cut out of hematite, and pink - from coral.
Hollow artificial "pearls" are much lighter than natural ones, and hematite ones are heavier. It is not difficult to identify imitations by examining under magnification the edges of a drilled hole, where the internal structure of a stone or glass is exposed. The surface of such balls is usually too smooth. Fake pearls are classified as costume jewelry and should not be present in jewelry stores.
How can you determine whether a pearl was born in a clam shell or under the pressure of an industrial machine?
The easiest way is to rub two w
Currently, there is a lot of jewelry that imitates real pearls.
Imitation pearls were first obtained in the middle of the 16th century in France. It is done like this. Hollow balls are made from fusible opalescent (“rainbow”, iridescent) glass. On their inner surface, using parchment glue, a special paste is applied, consisting of silvery scales of small bleak fish. Then the cavities of the balls are filled with wax. In the 20th century, they began to use a number of ways to imitate pearls - from glass, mother-of-pearl pastes, celluloid, gelatin. Similarity of black pearls is cut out of hematite, and pink - from coral.
Hollow artificial "pearls" are much lighter than natural ones, and hematite ones are heavier. It is not difficult to identify imitations by examining under magnification the edges of a drilled hole, where the internal structure of a stone or glass is exposed. The surface of such balls is usually too smooth. Fake pearls are classified as costume jewelry and should not be present in jewelry stores.
How can you determine whether a pearl was born in a clam shell or under the pressure of an industrial machine?
The easiest way is to rub two w
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answered 14 years ago
rub two pearls together, there should be pollen. The state of the pearls themselves will not be affected in any way.
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answered 14 years ago
And yet, you need to throw a pearl on the floor, a natural one will bounce well, like a ball, an artificial one will bounce, but not much.
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answered 14 years ago
There is! You will definitely be taken on a sightseeing tour and taken to a jewelry factory. There are both white and black pearls in silver. Look there and buy where you want.
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answered 14 years ago
Dear 4uyka!
Among the range of answers that you were given here, I will try to help you choose the most important:
In Phuket, you cannot buy pearls in the market. It will (quite possibly) not be sea, but river, and the thickness of the enamel on the core (most pearls are grown by implanting the core into the shell of the mollusk, which the mollusk subsequently envelops with a special secret that forms the pearl) is very small. The average pearl should grow from 2 to 5 years, and pearls in the markets, God forbid, grew for three or four months. Further: jewelry factories sell pearls of the first (highest) and second (polished) categories. The price, of course, varies greatly compared to the markets. It is better to buy not at a jewelry center, but at a pearl factory. Not all factories pay a commission. There are those that are oriented towards Thais. To avoid advertising, write to me in a personal, I'll tell you how to get there.
Among the range of answers that you were given here, I will try to help you choose the most important:
In Phuket, you cannot buy pearls in the market. It will (quite possibly) not be sea, but river, and the thickness of the enamel on the core (most pearls are grown by implanting the core into the shell of the mollusk, which the mollusk subsequently envelops with a special secret that forms the pearl) is very small. The average pearl should grow from 2 to 5 years, and pearls in the markets, God forbid, grew for three or four months. Further: jewelry factories sell pearls of the first (highest) and second (polished) categories. The price, of course, varies greatly compared to the markets. It is better to buy not at a jewelry center, but at a pearl factory. Not all factories pay a commission. There are those that are oriented towards Thais. To avoid advertising, write to me in a personal, I'll tell you how to get there.
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answered 14 years ago
4yurka, could you write in more detail? Did not like the products or had doubts about the authenticity?
Colleagues here want to instruct me to buy them pearls, I will be in Krabi soon, but I doubt something :(
Colleagues here want to instruct me to buy them pearls, I will be in Krabi soon, but I doubt something :(
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answered 14 years ago
In the jewelry store there were strings of pearls for 500 baht, but they were short. And in other places they were long, but they didn’t inspire confidence. We bought another gift, we got out of the situation.
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answered 14 years ago
My wife and I had a pearl quest this time in Phuket. We drove everywhere and stopped by the locals and went shopping. In the end, they took it here: phuket-pearl.com. The locals are of course cheaper, but the quality is not very good. And here the price-quality was good, the choice is also excellent.
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answered 10 years ago