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With the growing popularity of Pandora and other european style charm bracelet companies like Troll and Chamilia in recent years, there has also been been a steady rise in the number of counterfeit and imitation pieces that try to copy their distinct and beautiful style. Its especially difficult given that for a lot of us collectors, buying online is the only way to get our hands on some of the rarer pieces that were either retired before we got into Pandora or were not available in our country. In this post Ill write about some tips and basic information on how to spot a ke Pandora charm.
All Pandora products are engraved with several distinct markings that can be used to distinguish them from imitators or other brands.
The first and most notable marking is the three letter marking ALE. This marking comes from Per Enevoldsen, the original founder of the Pandora jewelry company, and are the initials of his ther Algot Enevoldsen. All Pandora charms and and accessories will have this ALE hallmark engraved on the piece, usually close to where the sterling silver or gold mark is. If the piece does not have this mark, then for sure it is not a genuine Pandora piece.
This used to be an easy identifier of a counterfeit, but the imitators out there are getting better at copying the Pandora pieces and will often include the ALE mark now so its not a guaranteed indicator.
This marking is only on the barrel clasps another good indication that the bracelet is authentic. However, older Pandora bracelets/necklaces do not have the crown over the O (my two-tone necklace does not have the crown) because they did not come with the crown before 2008. This is usually because the store had older inventory, so no need to worry if thats the only oddity.
These two numbers, the 925 for sterling silver and 585 of 14k gold, is an international standard and required markings for jewelry pieces made from these two materials. While it sounds nice to have something made from pure silver or gold, these precious metals are actually very soft and benefit greatly from having other metals mixed in with them to form an alloy. Sterling silver must contain at least 92.5% silver, so hence the 925 marking thats seen on all Pandora sterling silver pieces. The same goes for 14 karat gold, which must contain at least 58.5% gold. Pandora gold pieces are engraved with the number 585, again usually near where the ALE marking is placed.
In addition to the 925 mark on Pandora silver jewelry, beginning in June 2011 Pandora has added an S in addition to 925, a change in the international standard to identify silver jewelry. So dont worry if some of the older charms have no S and only the traditional 925.
As for two-tone (duotone) charms and jewelry, Pandora will only stamp it with the S 925 or 925 mark since all the two-tone charms are still mainly silver with gold accents.
Like the ALE trademark of the Pandora line, the lack of a 925 or 585 numerical marking on a piece is a surefire sign that its a ke piece. Counterfeiters are getting wiser, however, and will often include these marks on the higher end imitation pieces even if the charm or jewelry piece is not actually made from that material.
Is the piece in the Pandora official catalog, or if its been retired, was it ever in the catalog?
Beyond the markings, the next step you can do when trying to verify if a Pandora piece is authentic or not is to consult the Pandora catalog. Pandoras website is a good first stop when trying to lookup a charm or accessory; all of Pandoras current collections are laid out in relatively easy to browse sections with high resolution pictures that you can look at. If the charm youre examining is not on the website, or if it is but it looks off in some way, like with significant color variations or sculpting differences, then you may have a counterfeit charm.
The complication though is that Pandora is pretty aggressive about retiring portions of their collections on a regular basis. When they retire a piece they also remove it from their website, it a bit more difficult to verify older charms that are no longer carried in retail stores. These pieces will usually have some kind of web presence, however, either from other jewelry websites and blogs (like Charms Addict! :)) that will talk about them or have listings for these retired pieces so some Google searching will help you here.
The craftsmanship and quality of a charm or jewelry piece is often difficult to determine unless you are handling it in person. If youre buying online, youll probably only have access to photos (hopefully high resolution photos) of the piece that you are looking to buy. If the photos are good, you may have enough information to make a determination. My advice is never to buy a charm off eBay with only a stock photo provided ask the seller for an actual picture of charm, and if they refuse then it may be an indication that theyre trying to pull a st one.
Pandora charms are all beautifully handmade by artisans that work directly with the precious metals, stones, and colored Murano glass. Authentic Pandora pieces will have a high level of sculpting and detail in their silver and gold pieces lines will be crisp, and the sculpts will be polished and well shaped. If the detailing on the piece youre looking at feels flat or a bit soft, then its possible that the piece is an imitation. Counterfeit pieces are often manuctured from molds that are taken of an original piece these molds already lose some fidelity as a result of being a copy, and then they degrade quickly as more and more pieces are made from them.
If youre buying a Murano glass bead, how does the glass look? Is the glass even and polished smooth, and are the details on it high quality and uniform? If the Murano glass looks cloudy or scratched, then its possible you are looking at a counterfeit that may be made of either lower grade glass or even plastic. The sterling silver or gold endcaps on Murano beads is another excellent indicator of the authenticity of the charm if the caps do not look good, have poor Pandora engravings, or look like they are merely glued on rather than fused with the glass core of the bead, then it may be an imitation. Additionally, a common counterfeit for Pandora Muranos are ones made of Swarovski crystals Pandora does not and has never made crystal beaded Muranos (maybe a future design idea :)).
Lastly, markings in particular are always engraved on Pandora products. If the ALE, 925 or 585 material marks, or the Pandora brand name look stamped on (the marks are not crisp and clean on the suce and just look pressed on) then it may be a counterfeit charm. Again, due to the molding and casting process that counterfeiters can use to mass produce the copies, small details like this are often lost. In some cases the copies are molded without these marks and someone goes back in later in post-production to stamp them this is r inferior to engraving the marks, and can be spotted easily on rounded suces like bracelet clasps and Murano bead end caps as the stamps have a hard time pressing into the material evenly. If it looks fishy, dont buy it!
This is probably the most difficult dimension to evaluating a ke, as you will almost certainly need to have the piece in hand; it may be too late at that point to get your money back. Its hard to quantify these in a blog post, but Ill say that genuine jewelry pieces made from sterling silver and gold are HEAVY. There is a certain heft and weight to them that is very easy to discern if you compare a counterfeit piece next to a genuine one, even in something as small as a little Pandora charm. Silver and gold are hefty metals that can also hold a very fine level of detail it is difficult to replicate both of these qualities in cheaper materials.
If the charm feels too light compared to your genuine Pandora pieces, or if its relatively the right weight but the detailing and polish of the piece is lacking, then the piece may be suspect. Steel and iron is often used in counterfeit pieces, sometimes coated with a ke silver and gold plating. One interesting trick to try is to place a strong magnet next to the charm or bracelet. Sterling silver and 14k gold is not magnetic at all, so if there is any attraction then it is definitely NOT made from precious materials (iron and steel are highly magnetic).
Pandora charms and bracelets are unique in that they are made with a threading system the ends of the bracelets, along with additional points on the interior, have special threaded sections on them. This was designed so that special accessories like clips can be attached to the Pandora bracelets, allowing you to easily divide up space for less-filled bracelets. All Pandora charms then are threaded on the inside so that they can slip by these threads and on to the bracelets, ingenious! However, Pandora did introduce a series openworks charms at the beginning of 2012 that are hollow and merely slip onto the bracelet (also true for most thin spacers). The hallmarks on these type of charms are very very tiny and hard to spot, so these are going to be one of those charms that are going to be hard to detect using the hallmark and threading indications.
Other brands, and especially imitators, do not have these threads. Id imagine that these are difficult to manucture for copycats that are trying to keep their costs down. A lot of imitators will often say that their beads are Designed to fit Pandora bracelets as a way around this; this means that the charm interiors are enlarged to allow them to slip over the threaded sections on Pandora pieces, rather than actually have threads. These larger pieces often look terrible in my opinion, and lose that elegant sculpted look that genuine Pandora charms have. Again this may be difficult to see in online postings as most sellers dont try to take pictures of the insides of the charms to show the threads.
Since Pandora jewelry are commodities (gold, silver, gemstones) their pricing is tied to the value of these metals as these metals are the biggest cost in production. In addition, Pandoras home office has strict Recommended Retail Price (RRP) on the prices of their jewelry and [most] stores that carry their products must adhere to their pricing structures and that is why youll find that charms costs the same amount across the country even though the companies selling them are all owned and operated independently. Therefore, if youre looking for a deal this is where youll find the most kes. When charms are sold at a preloved price, the cost reduction is mainly because the charms are pre-owned and maybe have lost the luster of a brand new charm. However, when youre looking at a new charm and the price is too good to be true, then beware! It probably is.
Since Pandora retires their charms on a regular basis, there are some charms that become so rare that their price, even preloved comes at a staggering 3-4 times the original cost. If youre trying to find a rare charm and the price is low (or even reasonable), this may be a clue that it may not be real.
The surefire way to know youre getting a real genuine Pandora piece is to buy it at an authorized Pandora dealer. But for those rarer and more exclusive pieces I know this sometimes isnt possible for my next post in this series Ill talk a little bit more about how to spot a questionable seller online, be it a storefront with a website or an individual seller posting a listing on Facebook or Ebay.
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Deep Space Industries, based in Santa Monica, said Monday it will send a fleet of asteroid-prospecting spacecraft out into the solar system beginning in 2015.
Planetary Resources is now at work on Leo, the first private space telescope. Planned for low Earth orbit, it is to be a stepping-stone to the near-Earth asteroids.
An upcoming NASA mission, OSIRIS-REx, to return just 60 grams (two ounces) of material from an asteroid to Earth will cost about $1 billion.
Deep Space is already exploring the production of fuel for communications satellites. Low-cost asteroid propellant delivered in orbit to these satellites will extend their working lifetimes, with each extra month worth $5 million to $8 million per satellite, the company estimates.
SANTA MONICA, California, January 23, 2013 (ENS) A second corporation has joined the race to mine the asteroids that pass near the Earth for resources such as the platinum group metals. There are over 1,500 asteroids that can be reached as easily as the Moon, the would-be miners say.
The other, Planetary Resources, Inc. announced its proposals last April. Based in Seattle, Planetary Resources is backed by Googles co-founder billionaires and Ross Perot, Jr.
Both companies plan to involve the public, offering opportunities to share launch viewing, for instance and, of course, the opportunity to invest.
For now, Tumlinson says Deep Space will build a small fleet of Firefly spacecraft using innovative miniature technologies.
The Google Lunar X Prize, Unilever, and Red Bull each are spending tens of millions of dollars on space sponsorships, so the opportunity to sponsor a FireFly expedition into deep space will be enticing, said Deep Space CEO David Gump, who produced the first TV commercial shot on the International Space Station for RadioShack.
Deep Space Chairman Rick Tumlinson said, Using low cost technologies, and combining the legacy of our space program with the innovation of todays young high tech geniuses, we will do things that would have been impossible just a few years ago.
Both companies plan to utilize CubeSats cubes as small as a 10cm per side and 2.2 pounds in mass developed about 10 years ago at California Polytechnic State University and Stanford to standardize getting university payloads into space.
In September 2012, the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts announced the Robotic Asteroid Prospector project, which will examine and evaluate the feasibility of asteroid mining in terms of means, methods, and systems.
Each of Planetary Resources Arkyd 100 spacecraft, currently in development, will be able to host and deploy a CubeSat payload.
A single 500-meter platinum-rich asteroid contains the equivalent of all the platinum group metals ever mined on Earth.
But his is not the first asteroid-mining commercial venture.
The FireFly spacecraft utilize low-cost CubeSat components and get discounted delivery to space by ride-sharing on the lauAsteroid Miners in a Race for Rare Metals satellite companiesnch of larger communications satellites.
Water is perhaps the most valuable resource in space, said Eric Anderson, Planetary Resources co-founder and co-chairman. Accessing a water-rich asteroid will greatly enable the large-scale exploration of the solar system. In addition to supporting life, water will also be separated into oxygen and hydrogen for breathable air and rocket propellant.
Mining asteroids for rare metals alone isnt economical, but makes sense if you already are processing them for volatiles and bulk metals for in-space uses, said Sonter.
My smartphone has more computing power than they had on the Apollo moon missions, he said. We can make amazing machines smaller, cheaper, and ster than ever before. Imagine a production line of FireFlies, cocked and loaded and ready to fly out to examine any object that gets near the Earth.
This artists concept shows bits and pieces of a disintegrating asteroid (Image courtesy NASA).
Tumlinson has a history of firsts in space. He signed up the worlds first space tourist, led the team that took over the Mir space station, was a Founding Trustee of the X Prize, and Founded Orbital Outfitters, the worlds first commercial space suit company.
Mars missions would require fewer launches if the fuel produced from the volatile materials in asteroids were added in space.
The MicroGravity Foundry is a 3D printer that uses lasers to draw patterns in a nickel-charged gas medium, causing the nickel to be deposited in precise patterns.
In a decade, Deep Space hopes to be harvesting asteroids for metals and other building materials to construct large communications platforms that would replace communications satellites, and later, solar power stations to beam carbon-free energy to consumers on Earth.
Gump says bringing back asteroid materials is only a step on the way to much bigger things for Deep Space. The company has a patent-pending technology called the MicroGravity Foundry to transform raw asteroid material into complex metal parts.
The MicroGravity Foundry is the first 3D printer that creates high-density high-strength metal components even in zero gravity, said Stephen Covey, a Deep Space co-founder and inventor of the process. Other metal 3D printers sinter powdered metal, which requires a gravity field and leaves a porous structure, or they use low-melting point metals with less strength.
Turning asteroids into propellant and building materials damages no ecospheres since they are lifeless rocks left over from the formation of the solar system, said Mark Sonter, a member of the Deep Space Board of Directors.
Mars missions would be safer with a MicroGravity Foundry on board to print replacements for broken parts, Free insurance info or to create brand new parts invented after the expedition was on its way, the Deep Space executives say.
Starting in 2016, Deep Space plans to begin launching larger spacecraft, 70-pound DragonFlies, for round-trip visits to asteroids that bring samples back to Earth. The DragonFly expeditions will take two to four years, depending on the target, and they will be designed to return with 60 to 150 pounds of material.
Many of the scarce metals and minerals on Earth are in near-infinite quantities in space. As access to these materials increases, not only will the cost of everything from microelectronics to energy storage be reduced, but new applications for these abundant elements will result in important and novel applications, said Peter Diamandis, MD, co-founder and co-chairman of Planetary Resources.
Deep Space plans to launch the first Fireflies in 2015, sending the 55 pound spacecraft on journeys of two to six months.
Water-rich near Earth asteroids could cilitate deep space exploration, providing space-sourced fuel and water to orbiting depots.
We will only be visitors in space until we learn how to live off the land there,Online Education. said Tumlinson. This is the Deep Space mission to find, harvest and process the resources of space to help save our civilization and support the expansion of humanity beyond the Earth and doing so in a step by step manner that leverages off our space legacy to create an amazing and hopeful future for humanity.
The asteroid miners plans have been met with skepticism by some scientists who think it will not be a money- venture, even though platinum and gold are worth nearly $1,600 per ounce.
Accessing water resources in space will revolutionize exploration and make space travel dramatically more economical, say the Planetary Resources executives.
The public will participate in FireFly and DragonFly missions via live feeds from Mission Control, online courses in asteroid mining sponsored by corporate marketers, and other innovative ways to open the doors wide, he said.
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NASAs Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on July 17, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 9,500 miles (15,000 km) away from the asteroid Vesta. (Image courtesy NASA)
By 2023 Deep Space Industries plans to begin mining asteroids, rocky, airless worlds that orbit our Sun, but are too small to be
