Jewelry

[newname0]

Which word do you like the best?  QVC overuses simulated.  I for one like faux.  Heaven forbid they would say fake.  

Could they think of a better word for this?  Any suggestions?

[Desertdi]

imitation.....phony.......copy

[millieshops]

When I see/hear simulated, I think of lab-created to copy the real thing.  That doesn't make it real for me.  I own some real gems, I own some lab-created (copies, fakes, faux = take your pic).  

What I've tried never to do is to attempt to pass off the lab-created as the real thing although I do still remember a years ago incident when a young man who supposedly was somewhat of an expert asked me which was real -my ring or my pendant which were similar in size and shape.  Told him that if he couldn't tell, I knew I had bought at least one good fake.

[sidsmom]

I like the word imitation.  Covers stones & metals.

Copy signifies a repeated design.

Simulated signifies stone material.

Faux is a word many of the masses don’t understand.

Phony/fake have lots of emotion.

[SilleeMee]

It doesn't matter to me which word is used just as long as I know what I'm getting.

[kittyloo]

from what i've learned/read, chemically speaking lab stones are real. but perfect in color. that is why the colors are so brillant, and vibrant.  it would be a rare find in nature. 

maybe 100's of years ago.  they are considered to be real. 

Natural.... no.

[chrystaltree]

There are simulated stones, which are fake and can be just about anything.  There are lab created stones which chemically are the same as a mined stone but were created in a laboratory.  I don't know if QVC really does overuse either term.  I think they are describing the product properly.  Fake and faux are just other words for simulated and I think they don't use those words because they come across as negative in our minds. I've been collecting jewelry for 30 years and I don't buy fake/simulated stones anymore.  I limit my purchases to natural or mined stones but I don't rule out created stones.  I would never buy fake/faux  rubies but I recently purchased created ruby stud earrings because I don't have the $16,000 that a pair of comparable pair of mined ruby earrings would have costs me.       

[newname0]

Avon is currently selling "reconstituted turquoise" and I looked that one up and found out it uses small amounts of real turquoise in the brew.  Is this appealing to you?

[SilleeMee]

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@newname0 wrote:

Avon is currently selling "reconstituted turquoise" and I looked that one up and found out it uses small amounts of real turquoise in the brew.  Is this appealing to you?

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Reconstituted and composite turquoise is like chicken nuggets...pressed and formed to look like the natural thing.

[libbyannE]

WASTE OF MONEY would be my term for fake metals and gemstones? My mother taught me well: Buy what’s real, and it will last forever.