Go to Jimo Road Commodity Market, the price is relatively cheap, and the stores are relatively concentrated, but you should bargain hard when you go, not to mention that you are a foreigner.

Don't go to Zhongshan Road, which is the original tourist attraction. Selling things kills people. It's hard to say whether it's true or not.

Pearl necklaces in Jimo Road Commodity Market really have no brand, because their stores are different from jewelry stores such as Chow Tai Fook.

Distinguish real pearls from fake pearls.

Pearls are fresh and cool, but they don't feel smooth when bitten with teeth, but they feel like grinding sand. If you bite hard, the sound is crisp, there are no dented teeth marks on the surface, and the nacre has not fallen off locally. There are natural machine lines on the surface of pearls, so it can be seen that the luster color is uneven anyway. In a string of pearl necklaces, there are some differences in size, and there is a natural multicolored pearl luster. At the same time, observing the pearl hole, the pearl is sharper at the drill hole because of its hardness.

Imitation beads are slippery and wet, and they bite smoothly with your teeth. When bitten hard, dented teeth marks will appear on the surface, and even the coating will fall off locally. The surface of imitation pearl is slightly convex, lacking the unique luster of pearl, and generally has good roundness. At the same time, because the imitation beads are soft, there will be depressions at the drilling site.

(l) Vision: pearls are irregular in shape and translucent, with natural and unique colorful fluorescent luster such as jade white, yellow white, light blue and flesh red; Most of the fake beads are glass imitations, with regular shapes and the same size. Generally, the surface of beads is coated with "polishing solution" made of silver powder or fish scales, which is monotonous in color and lacks halo.

(2) Handfeel: Zhu Zhen is very cool, even if the weather is hot, the tentacles feel very cool; Pseudobeads are sticky and slippery to the touch when they are tentacles. If it is pure glass imitation beads, its specific gravity is greater than that of pearls. If it is wax-filled glass imitation beads, the specific gravity is only about half of that of pearls.

(3) firing: the pearl is fired on a gas lighter, and the surface is intact and the luster is still the same; Black smoke will appear on the surface of the false beads after burning, which will lose its luster.