came here after realising I have bought plastic beads not glass eventhough the store said glass I am so going back to return and ask for refund or exchange it's not good at all. Glad I came here. faceted beads but not swarovski just plastic so not good.
Oh no I’m so sorry!! That’s terrible that they sold you plastic beads when advertised to be glass! Check one more time and put them into water if they Float they are definitely plastic. If they sink they may be glass. With Swarovski crystals they are cut flat at the end where the hole is, like a gemstone. Also they will feel cold when put to your lips. So find a bead you know is plastic and one you know is glass and feel on your lip the temperature of them. Glass, gemstone & crystal will be much colder than plastic. I hope i was helpful, Suzie :)
Some of the more expensive glass beads (higher quality) have flat holes. The glass with white centers are lampwork beads. (The glass is melted on a rod that is spun in a circle to create the bead). I have been told that stone beads are colder than glass if that helps.
This is a great tutorial !! Very helpful ! Sometimes I’m not sure if a bead is a gemstone or glass , now I can look at the drilled area . Thanks again , and Blessings !!!! ❤️
I had a purchase so far off of what I was supposed to receive I was concerned that I was deceived on them being real natural stone beads as advertised. Thank you for this video!! It taught me what I needed and much more information that will be helpful as i own and run a jewlery making business on top of my other businesses. I'm fairly new to it, so knowing how to tell the difference between the 3 most common materials for beads I buy and use!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 thank you for being so thorough, explaining things clearly and simply, as well as having various types to comparatively show us! I'm a visual learner for sure and this is a PERFECT video to learn how to identify the material a bead is made from. I'm super happy to learn that the last pack of stone beads I bought are genuine and real, even though it was supposed to be 1200 count and I received less than 1,000 and half I did get were much smaller than 6mm so I'm not sure what to do with them yet. 😅 thank you SO SO much for taking the time to make this video!! I'm so much more appreciative than you will ever know! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 I cant tell you how fast i subscribed to your channel and made sure i will get ALL notifications of your posts/videos! 🥰
Great video Suzie! I've just found a blue pearl on a field with finds from the bronce age - but I was in doubt whether it was glass or plastic. Now I know that it is glass because of you 👍👌 Thank you!
Ritu Parna Samanta hi thank you for watching!! I wish i knew, i can tell if its gemstone or glass but i dont know how to tell one stone from another unfortunately. Im sorry I couldn’t be more help.
This was extremely helpful, wish I had seen this earlier. I work at at reuse center that just got in thousands (no exaggeration) of beads with o labels and trying to figure out what they are. Thanks so much!!!
I recently purchased a little pendant gemstone and am quite interested about its authenticity. So I decided to burn test it, and while doing so, I noticed cracks forming inside the gemstone. So I'm still not sure if it's glass or a gemstone.
Hi, This is a great tutorial. But can I ask you a question? In my country, gemstones in a bracelet or bead form are way cheaper than in a ring form (for ring). Can you explain why?
I believe lower grades are used for beads, much higher grades are for high end jewlery like rings. Also they use pure sterling silver, gold, and/or other valuable precious metals, not generally silver PLATED or cheaper metals such as copper, etc and other more common and less costing metal for setting if any metal is used at all in bracelets. A LARGE portion of bead bracelets are made using stretch cord which is EXTREMELY cheap to buy. I paid over 20 bucks for 5ft of pure sterling silver wire. 5 FEET. And it's 22 Guage, which is very thin, especially compared to the metal weight in the average ring. But like I said first, I believe it's MOSTLY such a big difference in cost because the grade/quality of the stones/gems/crystals etc being used for the jewlery. 😁😌 also, a lot of fakes are sold as real, and a lot of beads sold are not the amount stated in the listing, on a website, sold at shops, etc. I've bought beads from Amazon with sellers with EXCELLENT ratings even. And have only gotten half the purchases I've made for beads and jewlery making supplies be the proper amount as stated in the listing. So, I would recommend counting your beads if you buy them online or from a store you never shopped at, or haven't shopped there enough to say you trust them 100%.
I don't know if what I ordered in the beginning of me making jewlery were the right amount, tbh. I wonder how many times I've bought beads and not gotten all that I pay for or not. I'm counting them all from now on after having such an awful purchase that's so far off from the listing as this was. The only reason thought to take a closer look and noticed it was likely not the right amount was because they were not all filled to even close to the same level as all the beads... one was 31 beads, barely over half of the 50 it is supposed to have been, and was so noticeably less than the rest that i counted to make sure I wasn't seeing things or the beads were so different in size that it was that easy and visible that there weren't the correct number of beads.. they shorted me so bad I couldn't help but to notice it. Lol it wasn't even a good job shorting me since I noticed so fast. 🤷🏼♀️ that's not even a good thief. 🤣 I looked at the lowest reviews and a lot of people (30 in 12 months) noticed they didn't get the right amount, and a few mention sizes being wrong as well from this 1 seller I'm talking about. Since they lied about amount, size and pretty much the whole purchase from them, I'm not sure if they are all real or not anymore.. it's how I ended up here to see every way to test or tell the difference because I'm gonna be very upset over it if they turn out to be fake on top of all the rest of the inaccuracies/lies. 😔😮💨
Also, the stone has to be cut precisely to look good in a ring, has to be faceted for the setting of said stone etc and the metal work, if done by hand (USUALLY in a forge with metal, heat, and anvil and hammer), will be a lot more because it involves much more time to make and make it beautiful and good long lasting quality. It's a craft, a form of art, metal work or making most jewlery. A beaded bracelet is so easy to make. I can make one in just a few minutes! If the beads are small, I use spacers, add bracelet clasps or other findings for bracelet ends instead of only a stretch cord or stretch cloth cords, it could take as long as 10 or 15 minutes.a simple ring, including cutting, polishing, and faceting the gemstone as well as mold the metal for the ring, it takes HOURS or even DAYS depending on the details, and intricacies it might have. Metal has to be heated, formed, cooled, heated, formed, cooled, then they heat to a specific temp range, and cool it a certain way, at a certain speed to make it harder or softer metal.
The blue bead you picked up and said was glass is actually ceramic. You can tell by the fact the color is not through and through. Instead the color is painted on the outside. Other than that, your info is great!
I can tell it’s either Porcelin or glass but I don’t want to immerse it in water and ruin it as it has lovely individual Stirling silver flowers in between each bead and is a little heavy but no inscription on the silver and it’s definitely Stirling Silver. It doesn’t have the silver caps on each bead though and it looks more like stencils than hand painted since they’re identical and one appears to have rubbed off a little. Boone would know unless it was looked at very closely in an inspection but to wear its lovely. Either going to keep it, give it as a gift or sell but just wanna know what it is! TY for sharing❣️
hi im new here. can you tell me whats the difference on having one of these three? does having a glass stone gives you the same meaning/intention as having the real ones? hope to hear from you soon
Thanks I really appreciate your content. Maybe you should prepare a script before the actual shoot, so you wont have to think while talking. A lot of pro youtuber I know always does so.
TFS your info in this video. I have a collecion of beads from various sources, including some from granny and great grandma,plus some modern ones from auctions and thrift stores. I did the 'burn' test, both on suspect beads and some I thought to be good quality. Sure enough, the plastic/resin burnt and the others didn't. However, I have some pearlised finish ones that didn't burn, but broke apart in layers, retaining the pearl look - any ideas on these? I would appreciate your opinion on these. Greetings from Shropshire in England x
Hi there :) Thank you for writing me!! :-) is it possible for you to take a picture of one intact bead and the one that split apart? send the pictures to me in a private message :) Greetings to you from Oregon USA!! :)
That cold thing I didnt know i knew that i thought it in the stores but wasent so sure What a bout shaped pearls If theyre all uniform shaped like geometric not just round Will the out side layer of pearl rub off Looks like paint coming off I have reall ecpencive pearls we had them re strung theyre from the 60s and the look like theyre degrading what should i do
Dawna Brown hi thank you for swatching! Real pearls do not peal or chip off like paint, natural colored real pearls are naturally colored and come in many different colors. If there pealing or chipping off there most likely glass. It’s very common for vintage glass pearl beads to chip or peal. I’m sorry for the bad news.
Take a hard Left then Hater! She took time out of her previous life to record and upload this for FREE a “thank you” is much higher energies and vibrations for this wonderful video! We ALL are busy and In a hurry So quit expecting people to do things the way u want them! Makes the world a happier place!
There’s no need to be so rude. Haven’t you ever heard the phrase if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it? Just think before you type something please!
The pearl ones and stone ones are probably fake ones and are most likely made out of plastic since every bead is manufactured in factories nowadays. The glass beads are probably high-quality plastics.
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came here after realising I have bought plastic beads not glass eventhough the store said glass I am so going back to return and ask for refund or exchange it's not good at all. Glad I came here. faceted beads but not swarovski just plastic so not good.
Oh no I’m so sorry!! That’s terrible that they sold you plastic beads when advertised to be glass! Check one more time and put them into water if they Float they are definitely plastic. If they sink they may be glass. With Swarovski crystals they are cut flat at the end where the hole is, like a gemstone. Also they will feel cold when put to your lips. So find a bead you know is plastic and one you know is glass and feel on your lip the temperature of them. Glass, gemstone & crystal will be much colder than plastic. I hope i was helpful, Suzie :)
Some of the more expensive glass beads (higher quality) have flat holes. The glass with white centers are lampwork beads. (The glass is melted on a rod that is spun in a circle to create the bead). I have been told that stone beads are colder than glass if that helps.
I've been looking to educate myself on jewelry description, and this is an excellent video. Thank you! This will help a lot!
Elana Marshallsea Thank you so much!! I’m very happy that I helped you!! 👍😁💖
Omg this is the only and best video to identify beads ❤❤❤
To summarize the similarities/differences between plastic, glass, and gemstone beads:
TEMPERATURE: hold to lip. Plastic room temperature, glass colder, gems coldest
WEIGHT: Plastic lightest, gems/glass heavier (dense)
HOLE EDGE: Glass divots in at least 1 side, plastic/gems flat lip
HOLE CORE: Glass core often white, plastic/gems colour consistent thru
BUOYANCY: Plastic floats or sinks slowly, glass/gems sink
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PLASTIC: lightest, floats, room temperature, flat lip & colour consistent hole
GLASS: colder, white core, hole edge divot, heavier, sinking
GEMS: coldest, flat lip & colour consistent hole, heavier, sinking
Pearls feel like a chalkboard...gives you the shivers when you put your teeth on them! Like scratching fingernails on a chalkboard!😨
This is a great tutorial !! Very helpful ! Sometimes I’m not sure if a bead is a gemstone or glass , now I can look at the drilled area . Thanks again , and Blessings !!!! ❤️
Buying from box stores is tricky too. They often put glass when they are plastic.
I had a purchase so far off of what I was supposed to receive I was concerned that I was deceived on them being real natural stone beads as advertised. Thank you for this video!! It taught me what I needed and much more information that will be helpful as i own and run a jewlery making business on top of my other businesses. I'm fairly new to it, so knowing how to tell the difference between the 3 most common materials for beads I buy and use!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 thank you for being so thorough, explaining things clearly and simply, as well as having various types to comparatively show us! I'm a visual learner for sure and this is a PERFECT video to learn how to identify the material a bead is made from. I'm super happy to learn that the last pack of stone beads I bought are genuine and real, even though it was supposed to be 1200 count and I received less than 1,000 and half I did get were much smaller than 6mm so I'm not sure what to do with them yet. 😅 thank you SO SO much for taking the time to make this video!! I'm so much more appreciative than you will ever know! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 I cant tell you how fast i subscribed to your channel and made sure i will get ALL notifications of your posts/videos! 🥰
Learned something new with this great video. Thank you so so much for explaining the difference between plastic, glass and stone beads. Blessings 🙏🏽😊
I love this video blunt and straight to the point with comparisons as I am visual.
Very helpful! Thank you!
I did not know that about the temperature! Nor the sinking versus floating. So helpful!
great! I'm so happy it helped!!
Thanks for the info!
Great video Suzie! I've just found a blue pearl on a field with finds from the bronce age - but I was in doubt whether it was glass or plastic. Now I know that it is glass because of you 👍👌 Thank you!
Thanks so much! Tried the cold touch and definitely was cold on my lips, wow!!
WHAT ARE YOUR RESOURCES FOR 100% REAL GEMSTONES ?
muy interesante pero...podrias poner el video con traductor en español
To add up, the real pearl beads doesnt bounce much when drop off the floor...
How can I tell if my beads are real crystals or plastic?
I have many different fancy glass beads in bulk.
You sound like Leah Remini lol :)
Angel aka MICHdaMEANER lol maybe a little
Totally agree!
Michelle from Toronto you
You do sound like Leah Remini
Lol not even close🤣
This is so helpful, Suzie. thank you!
What about quartz beads and glass beads....how do you tell the difference between those..? Thank you.!
Love the video! Just bought a 5lb box of glass beads and wanted to know the difference. Great video!
Thank you so much for the your hard work and information 👍
Which one is better quality to use the plastic or glass bead?
Isn't the blue one a ceramic bead?
Hi Suzie, ty for sharing this awesome tutorial. so have a bless an crafty day.:):):)
Thank you!! I'm so glad you liked it!! I hope you have a wonderful day!! HUGZ, Suzie 💐
Thank you so much 😊Can you please tell me how to identify real Amethyst crystals beads ?? Do they spark in the dark while rubbing to each other ?? ☺
Ritu Parna Samanta hi thank you for watching!! I wish i knew, i can tell if its gemstone or glass but i dont know how to tell one stone from another unfortunately. Im sorry I couldn’t be more help.
@@happywifecraftssuzie6432 Ohh that's sad for me😅 It's ok ,no problem 😊
Another of repeating yourself!!
This was extremely helpful, wish I had seen this earlier. I work at at reuse center that just got in thousands (no exaggeration) of beads with o labels and trying to figure out what they are. Thanks so much!!!
thats awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am supper happy that i could help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! let me know what you find! hugz, Suzie
Hank you for the valu information...❤🌷
I missed the part about sinking vs. Floating... where was that, or what was said?
Hi! yes, I did say that plastic and wood will float when water is first added. :)
Burn it and see if it burns or not 😂
Thank you sososos much I bought some beads that were supposed to be glass but where plastic, tysm
Nube that’s horrible, I’m so sorry!! It’s terrible how many people are scammers!
Ikr ;-;
Can you do one on Moonstone rings
I was sold a synthetic garnet as a real stone by Indian shop in Newtown. They may not have known. A jeweler told me it was obvious synthetic.
Michael Mallal oh no im so sorry.. I can tell u if it’s stone but I can’t tell you the quality of it.
Slow
Thank you for this video. I have a lot of beads. Now I will be able to tell the difference. TFS Love ya, Bobbie
GREAT!! I'm so happy it helped!! Big HUGZ! Suzie ✨🤗💐
Thanks so much for the info on glass vs gemstone
Thank you!😊
Need to know does gemstone sink or float?? Thanks for the video. Very helpful 💖
Depends on the stone.
Thank you so much for your video. Very informative
Deborah McCormick thank you!!!!!
Glass Beads in between beads
so very helpful,thankyou!
I recently purchased a little pendant gemstone and am quite interested about its authenticity. So I decided to burn test it, and while doing so, I noticed cracks forming inside the gemstone. So I'm still not sure if it's glass or a gemstone.
Hi, This is a great tutorial. But can I ask you a question? In my country, gemstones in a bracelet or bead form are way cheaper than in a ring form (for ring). Can you explain why?
I believe lower grades are used for beads, much higher grades are for high end jewlery like rings. Also they use pure sterling silver, gold, and/or other valuable precious metals, not generally silver PLATED or cheaper metals such as copper, etc and other more common and less costing metal for setting if any metal is used at all in bracelets. A LARGE portion of bead bracelets are made using stretch cord which is EXTREMELY cheap to buy. I paid over 20 bucks for 5ft of pure sterling silver wire. 5 FEET. And it's 22 Guage, which is very thin, especially compared to the metal weight in the average ring. But like I said first, I believe it's MOSTLY such a big difference in cost because the grade/quality of the stones/gems/crystals etc being used for the jewlery. 😁😌 also, a lot of fakes are sold as real, and a lot of beads sold are not the amount stated in the listing, on a website, sold at shops, etc. I've bought beads from Amazon with sellers with EXCELLENT ratings even. And have only gotten half the purchases I've made for beads and jewlery making supplies be the proper amount as stated in the listing. So, I would recommend counting your beads if you buy them online or from a store you never shopped at, or haven't shopped there enough to say you trust them 100%.
I don't know if what I ordered in the beginning of me making jewlery were the right amount, tbh. I wonder how many times I've bought beads and not gotten all that I pay for or not. I'm counting them all from now on after having such an awful purchase that's so far off from the listing as this was. The only reason thought to take a closer look and noticed it was likely not the right amount was because they were not all filled to even close to the same level as all the beads... one was 31 beads, barely over half of the 50 it is supposed to have been, and was so noticeably less than the rest that i counted to make sure I wasn't seeing things or the beads were so different in size that it was that easy and visible that there weren't the correct number of beads.. they shorted me so bad I couldn't help but to notice it. Lol it wasn't even a good job shorting me since I noticed so fast. 🤷🏼♀️ that's not even a good thief. 🤣 I looked at the lowest reviews and a lot of people (30 in 12 months) noticed they didn't get the right amount, and a few mention sizes being wrong as well from this 1 seller I'm talking about. Since they lied about amount, size and pretty much the whole purchase from them, I'm not sure if they are all real or not anymore.. it's how I ended up here to see every way to test or tell the difference because I'm gonna be very upset over it if they turn out to be fake on top of all the rest of the inaccuracies/lies. 😔😮💨
Also, the stone has to be cut precisely to look good in a ring, has to be faceted for the setting of said stone etc and the metal work, if done by hand (USUALLY in a forge with metal, heat, and anvil and hammer), will be a lot more because it involves much more time to make and make it beautiful and good long lasting quality. It's a craft, a form of art, metal work or making most jewlery. A beaded bracelet is so easy to make. I can make one in just a few minutes! If the beads are small, I use spacers, add bracelet clasps or other findings for bracelet ends instead of only a stretch cord or stretch cloth cords, it could take as long as 10 or 15 minutes.a simple ring, including cutting, polishing, and faceting the gemstone as well as mold the metal for the ring, it takes HOURS or even DAYS depending on the details, and intricacies it might have. Metal has to be heated, formed, cooled, heated, formed, cooled, then they heat to a specific temp range, and cool it a certain way, at a certain speed to make it harder or softer metal.
The blue bead you picked up and said was glass is actually ceramic. You can tell by the fact the color is not through and through. Instead the color is painted on the outside. Other than that, your info is great!
I can tell it’s either Porcelin or glass but I don’t want to immerse it in water and ruin it as it has lovely individual Stirling silver flowers in between each bead and is a little heavy but no inscription on the silver and it’s definitely Stirling Silver. It doesn’t have the silver caps on each bead though and it looks more like stencils than hand painted since they’re identical and one appears to have rubbed off a little. Boone would know unless it was looked at very closely in an inspection but to wear its lovely. Either going to keep it, give it as a gift or sell but just wanna know what it is! TY for sharing❣️
hi im new here. can you tell me whats the difference on having one of these three? does having a glass stone gives you the same meaning/intention as having the real ones? hope to hear from you soon
Thanks I really appreciate your content. Maybe you should prepare a script before the actual shoot, so you wont have to think while talking. A lot of pro youtuber I know always does so.
Very good video, thank you for such good explanation X
Thank you so much, God bless you!😄❤
So if it’s glass crystal beads it’s real? And plastic is fake
Thank you so much for the great information!
Thanks, gemstones being flat, can you please tell me if hydro gemstones glass.
Take a glass of lemon water before make any video.
Thank you, your video is helpful
I'm so happy I't helped!!
Very helpful video. Thank u so much.
m so happy it helped! TFS Suzie :-)
Your so welcome!! I'm happy that it helped you!!
thank you. valuable information
thank you for the information!
Thank you very helpful
Thank u. Needed this
Thank you! ❤️
you talk like you're really groggy but that growl really gives you away
Ruthie Little lol! Thanks I think!
TFS your info in this video. I have a collecion of beads from various sources, including some from granny and great grandma,plus some modern ones from auctions and thrift stores. I did the 'burn' test, both on suspect beads and some I thought to be good quality. Sure enough, the plastic/resin burnt and the others didn't. However, I have some pearlised finish ones that didn't burn, but broke apart in layers, retaining the pearl look - any ideas on these? I would appreciate your opinion on these.
Greetings from Shropshire in England x
Hi there :) Thank you for writing me!! :-) is it possible for you to take a picture of one intact bead and the one that split apart? send the pictures to me in a private message :) Greetings to you from Oregon USA!! :)
Sorry, but I didn't keep the one that fell apart. They look like mother of pearl, though.
Do you sell your beads ?
So bummed --- I can't hear it :( .... ck'd all settings too!
oh I'm sorry I don't know why it would have done that. try reloading the page maybe there was a glitch. good luck I hope it works, Suzie :)
Sound is great...check ur software or hardware with diagnostics...
Thank you ! Very useful tips to recognize fake from real.
your very welcome! I'm so happy it helps! :-) Suzie
yep, it does, I thing the most helpful is the one about the shape of the hole. If is glass has the halo. If is stone it doesn't. :D
That cold thing
I didnt know i knew that i thought it in the stores but wasent so sure
What a bout shaped pearls
If theyre all uniform shaped like geometric not just round
Will the out side layer of pearl rub off
Looks like paint coming off
I have reall ecpencive pearls we had them re strung theyre from the 60s and the look like theyre degrading what should i do
Dawna Brown hi thank you for swatching! Real pearls do not peal or chip off like paint, natural colored real pearls are naturally colored and come in many different colors. If there pealing or chipping off there most likely glass. It’s very common for vintage glass pearl beads to chip or peal. I’m sorry for the bad news.
AWESOME VIDEO!
GREAT DATA!
Thank you :-)
Thanks!! :)
HappyWifeCrafts Suzie you are welcome. ❤️☮️⚡️📡
I get that if you put beads in water plastic would float and glass would sink but natural stone would sink too?
Please speed up your presentation. You talk so slowly and and give info not necessary to your topic.
Take a hard
Left then Hater! She took time out of her previous life to record and upload this for FREE a “thank you” is much higher energies and vibrations for this wonderful video! We ALL are busy and In a hurry So quit expecting people to do things the way u want them! Makes the world a happier place!
OMG, get on with it!
"OK, so....ahhhhm, OK, so, ahhh,... And 1:26 in and still speaking in incomplete fractured sentences.
Talks like an opiate fiend.
I know! She clearly wasn't prepared with what to say. Was like waiting for my 90 yo grandmother to gather her thoughts and speak already!
There’s no need to be so rude. Haven’t you ever heard the phrase if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it? Just think before you type something please!
Like I told person before u...take a HARD left! Hater!! 🧐
The pearl ones and stone ones are probably fake ones and are most likely made out of plastic since every bead is manufactured in factories nowadays. The glass beads are probably high-quality plastics.
Napoléon Bouchet how much hardness scale of most hard a fake ruby?
l want to know the knowledge.
Nope. You're wrong.
What a horrible presentation
It was great! Take a hard left Hater!!