How to identify the true and false amber?

 Amber is tens of millions of years ago resin was buried in the ground, after certain chemical changes formed after a kind of organic resin fossil.

Amber can be divided into Jin Po, beeswax, blood Po, insect Po, Xiang Po, flower Po, blue Po, Ming Po, etc., need special instructions of honey wax refers to opaque amber, beeswax belongs to a kind of amber.

“Thousands of years of amber, wax” is a fallacy.

A lot of businesses on the market transparent amber amber, opaque amber beeswax, this is a narrow classification method.

1, the identification of amber has a simple and easy method – salt test method.

You can add one tablespoon of salt and four tablespoons of water to the cup with one tablespoon of soup. Stir until the salt is completely melted. The natural amber will float in the cup.

If just a glass of water, amber is sunk in the bottom!

(Always remember to remove the thread, clasp, clasp, and other “accessories” before doing this little experiment.)

2, friction with static electricity: amber on the clothes after friction can attract small scraps of paper.

3, amber in the strong friction only a little can hardly smell very light taste, or simply can not smell (blood, Kimpo and other transparent amber basically no taste.)

Amber that produces a fragrance when rubbed is called shumper.

But no matter what kind of amber, when we punch a hole, we can smell the fluffy aroma.

4, sound: no Mosaic amber chain or beads put in the hand gently knead will make a very soft and dull sound.

If the plastic or resin sound will be relatively crisp.

(must have genuine and fake contrast can distinguish the sound difference) 5, eye observation: this is to identify the real and false amber trick;

The texture, color, transparency, refraction, etc. of true amber vary with the Angle of view and illumination.

This feeling is not found in any other substance.

Amber transparent but very lukewarm, unlike glass, crystal, diamond so without shading has permeability.

Fake amber is either very transparent or opaque, and the color is either dead or fake.

Artificial artificial amber inside very dazzling, will feel is dead cold light.

6, ultraviolet irradiation: put amber under the detector, it will have fluorescence, light green, green, blue, white and so on.

Plastic amber, on the other hand, does not change color.

(Hepper fluorescence effect is not obvious, but it will be obvious after wearing for a period of time) 7, feel: amber is a neutral gemstone, generally not too cold or too hot.

And those made from glass will have a cooler feeling.

8. In addition, some people may find some methods of burning and needling. The results of such methods are not accurate, destructive and not recommended.

Note: There are still pressed amber on the market.

Pressed amber is made by dissolving amber leftovers after processing.

The difference can be made by eye observation, because such semi-amber will have obvious blood filamentous material.

Of course: the best way to do it is to send it to the relevant institution.