A digital archive showcasing the extensive collection of jewellery and adornment images shared on the former Ethnic Jewels Ning site over the years. These images have significantly enriched discussions on cultural adornment and its global dispersion.
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Phew! fantastic Frankie. How wonderful to have so much amber.
Thank you, Ann. It`s my favourite"stone" so I have more of it than any other type. But it becomes increasingly difficult to find anything interesting at any kind of reasonable price. I`m sure your forthcoming Morocco trip will confirm this.
I am droowling / mouthwatering over this picture....................also my favorite bead, bought my very first strand fossil amber from Rita Okrent. Loooooooooove the bracelets!!! and the Tibetan strand!!
Thank you, Marie-Ange. You may spy a favourite necklace of mine, acquired from yourself, lurking in there at top centre. Love it lots!
Waqar, you already led me to a site describing how to indentify real amber yourself! I really don`t have any other tips - sorry. And I find the hot needle test quite difficult to interpret. In fact the zoomorphic moroccan necklace shown in my next photo completely defeats me. Short of destringing it and floating the beads in salt water, I think I`ll never know. Several moroccan jewellery traders have said they thought the beads were of fossil amber just from looking at them. But I have my doubts. It does flouresce to an extent under black light. Also the beads are electrostatic. But so are bakelite beads. I guess I was exaggerating when I previously said I could identify amber if I had it with me. Some types seem easier to test than others.
Glad you like the photo anyway.
Thought it looked familiar Frankie!
Best way of identifying real amber is that it floats in very salty water so is very light in weight! when I see all the socalled real amber strands on Ebay with a weight of 400 grams my toes curl......
a plethora of amber
Waqar, I don`t believe that all amber can be tested just by a hand examination. I `m of the opinion that people who say they can are exaggerating. While I think one can be almost certain one way or the other by doing this, I don`t think one could ever be 100% certain. Like Marie-Ange, I prefer the salt water test. Though no doubt some clever people have invented man-made "amber" that will pass this test, too.
Thanks so much, Akkie!
It`s odd. I never think my small ethnic jewellery collection amounts to much. Then I get the kind comments shown here and I think maybe it`s not so bad after all. It`s all very encouraging!
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