They way, I can tell, is due to the structure in the amber
. I myself have found a lot of amber in my country threw out the years and the structure of natural amber does not at all have flakes in it.
Investigation of jewelry: There are various methods to investigate what is real and what is false,
the main ones are:
Sand easily anywhere on the piece and the smell of the piece; Amber will always smell of resin / pine forest.
Polyester and plastic will smell very unpleasant, think of a burning plastic bag.
Odor test: Heat a needle much, and let the tip burn in a place where it cannot be seen, for example. through a bore hole. Is it true, the pleasant smell of resin / pine forest.
Plastic and polyester smells like burned plastic.
Celluloid smells slightly of camphor.
Casein smell of burnt milk.
Cut in one piece with a knife, the amber MUSL fracture, as glass or flint, not a nice interface.
Plastic has a much nicer interface.
Salt water sample in a glass of plain water, plastic floates, but amber and polyester sink.
In a concentrated saline amber floats up, but polyester and bakelite sink.
It is simply an examination of the density.
The disadvantages of this method is mainly that if amber example. fitted with a sølvøsken would its density be changed so much that it sinks into the salt solution; and pressed amber can also sink to the bottom.
Other things that can be mistaken for amber is brown glass jewelry and the ruddy agattype carnelian, this is much heavier and harder than amber.
Old jewelry of horns can have a very high similarity with amber, but is slightly heavier and the smell test, it smells very unpleasant of burnt hair
Last Update: 30 Sep