How genuine beads are examined — mukhi, X-ray compartments, carved faces, joined beads, origins and the myths that do not hold up.
Every kind of fake Rudraksha — carved, joined, wood, resin, look-alike seeds — and the checks that expose each, from home inspection to X-ray.
X-ray is the only test that looks inside a Rudraksha. What the lab sees, why the compartment count matters, and what the image cannot tell you.
Mukhi are the grooves that divide a Rudraksha. How a lab counts them, when the count is ambiguous, and how surface faces relate to internal chambers.
Three Rudraksha fused in growth make a Trijuti, one of the rarest forms. Why it is so uncommon, why assembled triples are common, and how they differ.
Genuine Rudraksha have natural flaws. How a lab distinguishes cosmetic from structural defects, and which affect durability rather than authenticity.
A genuine Rudraksha does not have to sink. The physics of why the water test proves nothing, why fakes pass it, and what to do instead.
Rudraksha is the stone of the Elaeocarpus ganitrus fruit. Where the tree grows, how the fruit forms its chambers, and why botany explains the tests.
Why every bead is weighed and measured, what size and weight say about origin, and how to use the figures to confirm your bead is the one tested.
Most Rudraksha are oiled, polished or stained before sale. Which treatments are harmless, which hide carving, and how a lab describes the surface.
A 108-bead mala cannot be tested bead by bead at full depth. How a lab examines a mala, what sampling establishes, and what a mala report states.
How to read a Rudraksha X-ray: what the compartments and seeds look like, how they are counted, and the patterns that reveal carving or joining.
Imitation Rudraksha are made from turned wood, areca nut, moulded plastic and cast resin. What each looks like and how a lab identifies it.
Authenticity and quality are different questions. The features that separate an exceptional bead from an ordinary genuine one, and why grade is opinion.
A practical sequence for buying any Rudraksha — what to ask for, what to check on arrival, when to test — that works with any seller.
Genuine round one-mukhi Rudraksha are extraordinarily rare; half-moon beads are common. Most 'round one mukhi' are neither. How a lab sorts them.
Both are genuine Rudraksha, but Nepali beads are larger and far dearer. The size and surface differences a lab uses, and why origin is an opinion.
Rudraksha above 14 mukhi are rare, expensive and the most carved category. What genuine high-mukhi beads look like and why an X-ray is essential.
Glued beads make convincing Gauri Shankar, Trijuti and high-mukhi fakes. What the seam shows under magnification and how the X-ray exposes the join.
The laboratory examines Rudraksha, gemstones, malas, bracelets and crystals and issues a numbered, PIN-protected report you can verify online at any time.