Buying products made of stones, you run the risk of becoming a victim of scammers. Enterprising people have been forging stones for centuries, offering their customers cheap fakes under the guise of unique and very expensive pieces.
Instructions
Step 1
Be sure to ask the seller for certificates and ask where they bring their goods from. Often not too experienced sellers pretend to be, for example, claiming that the amber displayed in the window was made in France. An outright lie is a good reason to look for stone products in another store.
Step 2
Before you go shopping, decide what kind of stone you are interested in and find reliable information on how to verify its authenticity. There are a huge variety of stones in the world, and each of them must be checked in a special way.
Step 3
If you want to buy a product made of aventurine, then you should take into account that this stone is extremely rare, but there are a lot of its imitations. Fake aventurine often has a strong shine and an abundance of sparkles and various blotches of the correct shape. In real aventurine, it is very difficult to see sparkles and scales.
Step 4
When buying turquoise, weigh the stone in the palm of your hand. If it is too light, it means that you are offered ordinary plastic. Examine the stone through a magnifying glass: there should be no gas bubbles in it. However, even if you did not find the external differences between the stone and real turquoise, this does not mean that you are not buying a fake. The fact is that there are very complex technologies for making fake turquoise, and only a professional who has a laboratory at his disposal can distinguish fakes made from them.
Step 5
To verify the authenticity of the amethyst, place it in a jar of water. The real stone will become paler at the edges, the appearance of the counterfeit will not change. Plus, amethyst is very durable and can scratch glass. If the glass itself scratches the stone, then this is a fake.
Step 6
If you need to make sure that the rock crystal is natural, press the stone into your cheek. A glass fake will become warm very quickly, while a real stone will heat up much more slowly.
