How to Tell If a Jade Bracelet Is Fake

Before you hand over your money to buy a jade bracelet, make sure it is genuine. Jade collectors can identify a real gemstone by its color and other features, but you can use other easy methods to authenticate the jade in a bracelet.

Instructions

Find an inconspicuous area on the back of the bracelet. Using a steel knife, try to scratch a small area of the stone. Real jade is harder than steel and likely will not scratch. Otherwise, it may be nephritea mineral that is less dense than jadeite. You may have difficulty persuading a vendor to do this.

Enclose the bracelet in your palm and warm the stone to your body temperature. Put down the bracelet and wait for about 30 seconds. With the end of your tongue, touch the portion of stone that you held in your fist. If the stone feels cool, it's probably genuine. Jade will remain cooler than most cheaper substitutes.

Hang a jade bracelet from the fingers of each hand. Bring the two pieces together, and remember the pitch of the sound they make. Do the same with two bracelets made of glass. The pitch of the glass bracelets will be lower than that of jade bracelets.

Run your fingernail across the jade. You should feel no bumps, even if the piece is highly polished. This test is easy and accurate, because jade is very smooth by its nature.

Break a piece of the jade if you are still not satisfied about its authenticity. Jade is more durable than most substitutes, so this should be difficult. Look closely at the fragments. Genuine jade will show unique mineral particles, but glass will have its commonly smooth pattern. This method will destroy the bracelet, but you will have the satisfaction of knowing whether the stones are real or fake.

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