I just got took. I should have known. Fake amber is not hard to make. It can be made from heating colored plastic, using copal (not 'mature' amber) or other modern polymers. Amber that looks 'too perfect'...
Amber is a fossilized resin that has gone through a number of changes over millions of years. The oldest amber is registered to be 345 million years old, and the oldest known amber containing an inclusion...
Polymer Clay - The Versatile Medium Polymer clay is made of polymer polyvinyl chloride. It does not contain clay minerals; it only shares the name to reflect that both can exhibit plasticity characteristics....
I am creating this guide because I unfortunately did not do my research before buying some fossil amber on ebay and found out I got ripped off when it was too late. The seller would not respond to me and I...
Beryl is a gemstone family which includes some of the most coveted gems: Bixbite, Emerald, Aquamarine, Morganite, Heliodor, Maxixe and Goshenite. All crystals in the Beryl family share the same basic chemical...
Jewelry shoppers are only interested in the lustrous inner layer (called the nacre or mother-of-pearl layer) of a mollusk’s shell. Mollusks such as mussels, clams and oysters have soft inner bodies and hard...
To discern real amber from fake plastic or copal,first you can try just a few simple tests: 1.Copal (immature resin) and plastic fake amber do not hold up to solvents. Take a few drops of acetone (fingernail...
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Scapolite is a rare and little known gemstone. It is a beautiful gem that comes in many colors. Scapolite was originally discovered in 1913 in the Mogok Stone Tract in upper Burma (Myanmar). There, white,...
If you are in the market for pearls on eBay, you need to read this guide! I wish someone had put one of these up years ago when I was a newbie buyer, because I would have saved a bundle on mis-advertised...