| Amber Genuine or not? |
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Frequently asked questions about the amber is "How can I tell if amber is real or counterfeit." I have seen on television as an intelligent head argued that to do this it must be ... set fire to the object. Of course, this applies to arouse laughter attack in amber, but what he knows better TV deal. But I admit that several times set fire to single pieces of amber, and they have a distinctive smell. However, this approach inevitably leads to the destruction of lumps so strongly advise against this method, especially as the person who had not previously felt swądu burnt amber and so does not distinguish whether this amber or a Chinese invention. So how to distinguish genuine from the counterfeit lump of amber? The answer is simple, you should find him pour a container of water and dissolve in water much salt. Then put a lump of such a solution would be to swim and if that means this is the original amber. But NOTE this method is not 100%! Among the Baltic amber you can find different varieties, two are particularly resistant to the test. The first is the so-called Wisniak, amber and dark cherry which flies only in very strong salt solution. The second is a slag, amber that has a large share of gravel and earth, the amber tone of even a strong solution of salt, but the Chinese did not fake this kind of amber. But if we have a beautifully machined lump of amber, muffled in silver, what then? In this case, jewelry immersion in water is not an option, so not much can be done. The first and basic thing is a fair trader and producer. Basically the customer has no choice but to rely on trust to the vendor. Of course there is the chance to form a certificate of originality for amber, so that all of these certificates are worthless. But there is another method for assessing whether the amber is real simple. If you have a chance to see a larger range of the manufacturer, we should pay attention to the variety of amber nuggets. If we are in the range which is colored amber inclusions, milky haze, is generally not homogeneous, we may be sure that we are dealing with the original amber. For clarification I will add that the scandal related to the counterfeit amber burst because of the largest manufacturers in the market, yet a small entity is not able to bring from China podrabianej resin in an amount to make it profitable. The trade took place predominantly in molochach have been able to bring tons of the Chinese theories, some were worked into jewelry and released to the market by the "importers" and some went as the "original" material to the traffickers and then to unsuspecting small businesses. |