Old Vintage Baltic Amber Stone Pendant 16 Grams Authentic Natural 3469
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Old vintage antique retro Baltic Amber stone pendant natural genuine unique 16 grams authentic women's jewelry.Ruler in the pictures is in centimeters. Scales shows weight in grams.This item is 100% natural Baltic Amber.You get the exact item that you see in the pictures.Condition: Used. Please take a look at the pictures.Material: Baltic Amber.Color: Brown.Approximate stone measurements (without hook): 56 x 43 x 11 millimeters / 2.20 x 1.69 x 0.43 in...chesTotal weight: 16 grams.Item location: Vilnius, Lithuania.Shipping & Packaging: by Lithuanian postservice. I dispatch the items within 2 working days after getting apayment. Post to Worldwide, the item reach the buyer within 10-30days. Worldwide shipping is always and forever FREE for all my shopitems! Parcel will be marked as a Gift, international buyers areresponsible for duties, customs and taxes in their country. The item will comepacked safely.Return Policy: If you are not happy with the item orwould like to return it, please contact me first. I will do my best to findbest solution for you. Satisfaction is guaranteed! You can return the itemwithin 60 days after you receive it. Return shipping should be paid by thebuyer. Please contact me for any questions.Check out my otheritems and be sure to add me to your favoriteslist! What is the Baltic Amber? Amber is solidified resin of conifers. According to the scientists, Baltic Amber formed 50 million years ago during Eocene epoch, when the massivesubtropical forests were growing in The Baltic Sea Catchment Basin.Fallen resin with the lapse of time has naturally solidified and deterioratedinto amber due to processes of oxidation and polymerization. Most of it havebeen collected by the running rivers and drifted to the Baltic Sea. Plants, insects and other wildlife tailings have been adhered to the drifting resin.Plants and organisms inside amber are called inclusions. It is believed thatduring Eocene epoch subtropical forests could produce approximately 100, 000 tons of amber. Baltic Amber consist a great amount of succinate (amberacid), therefore it is called succinite. How to identify true amber?Nowadays the price of a natural amber constantly raises. This causesmassive amber counterfeiting. I will briefly describe the most popular and commonly-usedfalsifications of amber and the ways to identify true amber. commonly-used falsifications:GlassGlass is quite unpopular material for counterfeiting amber for a verysimple reason. Glass is heavier, harder, colder and incombustible.CopalCopal is a resinous substances in an intermediatestage of polymerization. Generally it is young resin (1000 to 1 millionyears). Melting temperature of copal is low comparing to amber. It may alsohave natural inclusions, but usually they are falsified.Phenolic resinPhenolic resin is a synthetic resin produced in artificial way.Generally phenolic resin beads are identical to each other inshape, colour and looks ‘too perfect’.CelluloidCelluloid is regarded to be thefirst thermoplastic. Usually it is yellow and cloudy and lookssimilar to the true amber.CaseinCasein is a plastic made from cows milk. It is a little bit heavier thanamber and have cloudy, turbid yellow colour.Modern plastic (polyester, polystyrene)Optically this substitute can hardly be distinguishedbecause with it authentic amber colors and limpidity can be obtained. Falsifiedinclusions are too big and clearly seen, usually inserted in the very center ofplastic. Identification tests:There are many various ways to identify true amber. Iwill describe only two ways which are the most suitable for domesticconditions. So here we go: 1) Flotationtest Mix 15ml of table saltwith 100ml of water. Dissolve salt in water by stirring. As salt is completelydissolved, drop the piece of amber into the mixture. Note that some additionalcomponents of jewellery such as string, fastener etc. can drown the amber dueto big weight. Amber, copal and some sorts of plastic should float insuch mixture whereas glass and other plastics sink. 2) "Hotneedle" test Take a needle and heat it over the flame(use pincers to avoid skin burns). Stick a heated needle into an imperceptibleplace in amber. Copal and amber diffuses definite pine-tree resin smell whereasother sorts of fake amber (plastic etc.) will smell like burning plastic.However, amber is fragile and it does not melt. Sticking with a hot needle youwill notice some cracks, while a needle will pierce plastic and copal withoutcracking it. The “hot needle” test is the most effective way to identify trueamber and it does not require any sophisticated equipment. The only negative ofthis test is the slight mark of burning remains which is irreparable.
