How to identify non-natural amber

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With the development of society, there will be some online market and some unnatural amber will be sold in the market in the name of amber. Two common non-natural amber identification methods are described below.

1) Recycled amber: It heats and softens the pieces of natural amber. It is usually added with linseed oil and then pressed into a large piece of amber at high pressure. Bubbles are often mixed in this process. The bubbles contained in natural amber are generally round, but the bubbles of regenerated amber are generally crushed and grown into strips. This is a common comparison of amber on the market. Yuling Jewelry reminds consumers that they must pay attention to such amber products.

2) Artificial composition of amber: mostly bakelite and cypress, and even acrylic is often used to form artificial amber, but their proportion is too heavy, it will sink in full salt water, and true amber will rise. There is a kind of plastic called polystyrene, its specific gravity and refractive index are close to the true amber. The above method can't detect the authenticity, but it has no loose fragrance when rubbed. These artificial compositions will have an odor when composed. This is a modern natural resin that cannot be called amber because it is not long-term and does not convert the resin without the pressure and heat of tens of millions of years. If a drop of ether is added, it will be dissolved and stained. True amber has no such appearance. It is simply melted by heating and is often made into insects by insects that participate in modern capture. Most of the cheap insects sold in the market belong to this category. Most of them are produced in Madagascar.

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