Informing our community on crystal fakes has become a passion of mine. Being a former science department head, having studied geology at the Masters level + being an author and the founder of a Crystal Healing Academy with a relatively large following gives me a good platform to shout about crystal fakes.
How can you tell if gemstone beads are genuine or imitation? - Rings and ThingsRings and Things
Beginner's Guide to Buying Crystals, Find the Perfect Crystal & Avoid Fakes – Rock + Realm
Toxic Crystals, Fakes & Forgeries
Fake green quartz in 2023 Crystal healing course, Crystals, Green quartz
Horological Meandering - Some Personal Advice: Why I Abhor Chrono24 and Similar Websites and Why You Need To Be Very Careful
The Misrepresentation of Crystals - Part 2 - Crystal Information
Fake turquoise jewelry hurts Native Americans economically - Vox
Fakes and Forgeries - The-Vug
These are fake, right? Is untrustworthy for gems and rough in general? : r/Gemstones
Real? : r/Crystals
The Misrepresentation of Crystals - Part 2 - Crystal Information
The Misrepresentation of Crystals Part 5 - Fake Moldavite, Native Silver and Painted Smoky Quartz! - Crystal Information