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Oh dear, I`m wondering about my attribution now since I`ve just relooked online at a favourite Indian necklace - eBay 380168989144.
The "amber" is not like any other Indian "amber" I`ve seen. It flouresces under black light in exactly the same way as some Edwardian real amber beads I have. The cross bead with the diamond shapes seems to me to be of Yemeni style. The silver beads test as good silver.
Opinions gratefully received.
could you give us spome clearer pics, and also image of the clasp please Frankie x
Frankie
the amber beads look authentic, at least the big ones. the black points on the beads is the quick test in stores or basars mostly used by dealers. you take the bead and burn a little the extremity. some buyers use a hot nadle ( do not forget to aske the seller before )
if it smels as wood, it is bakelit or natural at least, if it starts to burn faster and smell like a burning plastic, you know then what it is plastic
amber smells like a wood and a little incens when it burns. it was used 1000 years before as encens and medecin . was burned in european cities in the pest epidemie
Ait Ouakli, I`ve never dared to do a burn test on these yet. I understand that amber beads are sometimes burned when offering a prayer, too.
There are plenty of burn marks on the amber (notice I`m not including the quotation marks now), on the small as well as the large beads, which look pretty much of identical type. They are electrostatic but both bakelite and amber are.
I`d like to think they are real amber, firstly because it boosts my confidence in identifying it, secondly because I didn`t pay anything like the price of real amber. I suppose they could be the legendary faturan or misketa.
I have a particular interest in amber and all it`s faked counterparts. Amber is still used for its` antiseptic qualities, often in teething necklaces for infants.
heat a needle till it is red hot, and place in inside the perforation....no marks outside that way, what does it small like?
burnt milk?
pine.
plastic
.....??????
I`ve been having a veritable amber burning fest! However, I think I need an amber sniffer dog. I think I must`ve lost some of my olfactory sensitivity.
I think the above amber beads did smell woody but I could be wanting to persuade myself of that. They smelt like two old necklaces I have sold by a reputable antique amber seller. I think! They were definitely not like an obviously fake amber bead I have. That`s plastic.