Old Vintage Baltic Amber necklace authentic jewellery NATURAL 1001


Old Vintage Baltic Amber necklace authentic jewellery NATURAL 1001

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Old Vintage Baltic Amber necklace authentic jewellery NATURAL 1001:
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Authentic Baltic Amber Old Vintage necklace. 3 METERS / 300 CENTIMETERS/ 118 INCH LONG!!!

100% Natural (NOT plastic amber imitation orreconstructed or melted amber).

Material: Baltic Amber

Length: 42 cm

Payment: PayPal

Item location: Vilnius, Lithuania

Shipping & Packaging: by Lithuanian post service, registeredpriority airmail with tracking number. I dispatch the items within 2 workingdays after getting a payment. Post toWorldwide, the item reach the buyer within 10-30 days. Worldwide shipping is FREE!!!The parcel will be markedas a Gift, international buyers are responsible for duties, customs and taxes.The item will come in a strong well-packed plastic box and immaculatecondition.

Return Policy:No returns available.

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What is theBaltic Amber?

Amber is solidified resin of conifers. According to thescientists, Baltic Amber formed 50 million years ago during Eocene epoch, whenthe massive subtropical forests weregrowing in The Baltic Sea CatchmentBasin. Fallen resin with the lapse of time has naturally solidified anddeteriorated into amber due to processes of oxidation and polymerization. Mostof it have been collected by the running rivers and drifted to the Baltic Sea. Plants,insects and other wildlife tailings have been adhered to the drifting resin. Plantsand organisms inside amber are called inclusions. It is believed that duringEocene epoch subtropical forests could produce approximately 100,000 tons of amber. Baltic Amber consist agreat amount of succinate (amber acid), therefore it is called succinite.

How to identify true amber?

Nowadays the price of a natural amber constantly raises. Thiscauses massive amber counterfeiting. I will briefly describe the most popularand commonly-used falsifications ofamber and the ways to identify true amber.

commonly-used falsifications:

Glass

Glass is quite unpopular material for counterfeiting amber for avery simple reason. Glass is heavier, harder, colder and incombustible.

Copal

Copal is a resinous substances in an intermediatestage ofpolymerization.Generally it is young resin (1000 to 1 million years). Melting temperature ofcopal is low comparing to amber. It may also have natural inclusions, butusually they are falsified.

Phenolic resin is a synthetic resin produced in artificial way.Generally phenolic resin beads are identical to each other inshape, colour and looks ‘too perfect’.

Celluloid

Celluloid is regarded to be thefirstthermoplastic.Usually it is yellow and cloudy and looks similar to the true amber.

Casein

Casein is a plastic made from cows milk. It is a little bitheavier than amber and have cloudy, turoffer yellow colour.

Modern plastic (polyester, polystyrene)

Optically this substitute can hardly bedistinguished because with it authentic amber colors and limpidity can beobtained. Falsified inclusions are too big and clearly seen, usually insertedin the very center of plastic.

Identification tests:

There are many various ways to identify trueamber. I will describe only two ways which are the most suitable for domesticconditions. So here we go:

1)Flotation test

Mix 15mlof table salt with 100ml of water. Dissolve salt in water by stirring. As saltis completely dissolved, drop the piece of amber into the mixture. Note thatsome additional components of jewellery such as string, fastener etc. can drownthe amber due to big weight. Amber, copal and some sorts ofplastic should float in such mixture whereas glass and other plastics sink.

2)\"Hot needle\" test

Take a needle and heat itover the flame (use pincers to avoid skin burns). Stick a heated needle into animperceptible place in amber. Copal and amber diffuses definite pine-tree resinsmell whereas other sorts of fake amber (plastic etc.) will smell like burningplastic. However, amber is fragile and it does not melt. Sticking with a hotneedle you will notice some cracks, while a needle will pierce plastic andcopal without cracking it. The “hot needle” test is the most effective way toidentify true amber and it does not require any sophisticated equipment. Theonly negative of this test is the slight mark of burning remains which is irreparable.


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