![]() Blue topaz and smoky quartz are both commonly irradiated ones. Irradiated: Is a process that is used to enhance or change the color of a crystal. Like the fake amber shown here, this booth only had beads and a handful of carved crystals. that look like the ones I mentioned in the top bullet points. A lot of these are being produced in China, so at events, look for sellers who only seem to have carved crystals and jewelry on their table, and then they randomly have 'quartz clusters'. Although they are now charging an arm and a leg for even the fake ones! They are asking upwards of $100 for the lab grown ones shown above. Just like a perfect fluorite is never going to be $20 either. Price seems too good to be true, a 6" quartz cluster in perfect condition is NEVER going to be $20, it's just not. There have been faux fluorites making their way only the market with perfect cubic formations and evenly bright colors with amazing clarity. If the color is too pure and there are no inclusions (other minerals that ended up in the structure), or again the color is too uniform. the ones on the market are usually a very bright color and are almost a perfect 'pineapple' shape (the bottom part, not the leaves). You know that whole 'grow your own crystals' at home situation I mentioned? You can use Borax to grow these at home. The other new 'crystal' are ones that are even popping up regularly at HomeGoods and other big box stores. I don't want anyone getting fooled into thinking they are real ones. 'lab grown crystals' which are often made using the same minerals, that say a quartz would be, but it is created in a lab environment. Some people say (and again, this depends on your personal beliefs) that because it is made with the same minerals it has the same, although weaker, properties. Now the problem crystals that are popping, up out there. I always say it is a personal preference, and if it makes you happy then don't feel bad about liking it. After all, Opalite, Gold Stone and Blue Stone are all manmade crystals that people are frequently drawn to. That's not to say people don't use these in crystal healing. Cherry Quartz is typically manmade, especially if it appears to have 'wisps' of neon red in them. Luckily they usually look like glass so they are easier to tell. It basically looks like stained glass, but carved into a point, sphere or other shape. Sometimes they will occasionally have tons of little bubbles as well. They now also make this in other colors like blue and green. ![]() There are some, who flat out sell GLASS as minerals, those you can usually tell because they are practically perfect with no cracks or inclusions. One example of this is 'Cherry Quartz' that is bright red/orange in color. sometimes its hard to know if a crystal is fake. Levels of Fake Crystals Everyone started to ask how exactly you can tell if a crystal is real, but let me preface this whole post with. The other day while gem shopping at a wholesale event, I took a video of faux quartz clusters that I've seen popping up recently at gem events. You could permanently damage a legitimate crystal.Īs with anything that becomes more and more popular, fakes and imitations start to pop up. Not only is it incredibly dangerous (people HAVE had quartz literally explode and shoot shards everywhere), but it can ruin softer crystals like selenite, and more, which is just a really sad way for those crystals to be destroyed! I honestly don't recommend most of the 'tests' people recommend. I'd like to start by saying STOP BURNING CRYSTALS!! This is a HORRIBLE new social media trend that encourages people to burn crystals to tell if they are real. Plus some common crystal terms you've probably seen but maybe don't know what they mean. Today we are going to dive into crystal topics about real versus fake crystals, and how to tell if crystals are real.
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