Nowadays, the amber market is very hot, and the price is rising at an alarming rate. Many investors who have never paid attention to this field have targeted this. The people who really want to collect and enjoy the game are also growing rapidly, while the fake goods are inferior and recycled. Let us not start the line unexpectedly. A few days ago, CCTV’s special program said that some people said that the current amber market is less genuine, and that fake goods are even 90% of the real price. This seems to be exaggerated, and the growth of fakes is a fact of inertia.
Amber is a resin fossil that was buried in the ground tens of millions of years ago. After a certain chemical change, it is an organic mineral. Amber has a variety of shapes, and the surface often retains the lines that were created when the resin flowed. Bubbles and ancient insects or plant debris are often found inside. Such amber materials tend to increase in value...
If we want to identify the pros and cons of its authenticity, we can sum up the following methods from experience:
Amber can be roughly divided into mine and Haiper according to the place of origin. Mine, amber is a gum fossil of ancient trees, and coal is formed by the metamorphism of ancient trees, so amber and coal are associated with it.
Amber is mainly produced in the early third-generation amber-bearing coal seams of the Cenozoic, associated with coal fines. The mine is only formed in the coal mine, and it takes tens of thousands of years for the mine to form. The mine is directly collected from the blue mud in the stratum. Unlike Haipu, which is eroded by seawater, it maintains its original appearance.
Haiper, the amber deposit on the Baltic coast, is distributed in the coastal areas, and some also extend into the water. After the waves are eroded, the amber is released. Because its relative density is lower than that of sea water, it can float on the water surface, which is called Haibo. Haiper is washed and washed by sea water, so the quality is often better than the pit. Haiper can float with the waves, so it can be seen in northern Europe and the UK.
Haiper specimen, epidermal sanding
From the collection appreciation and market recognition, the price of mining is higher than that of Haiper, and even the investigation is said to be ten times. Mines are mainly produced in Fushun, Liaoning, China, and Myanmar, Dominica and other countries also have considerable reserves. Haiper is produced on the seabed and is produced with sea water. The texture is crystal clear and the quality is excellent. It belongs to the top grade of amber. Mainly produced in Poland, Russia, Lithuania and other countries along the Baltic coast.
Fushun Mine
Amber is usually transparent, commonly known as "amber"; it is translucent or finely fluffy, commonly known as "beeswax"; between the two is called "stiffing honey." At present, the market is called more, and some are actually created for the purpose of commercial sales. For example, Jinpo, Blood, Lanpo, Insect, Champa, Lingpo, Shiper, Huapo, Shuiper, Mingpo, Wax, Wax, Red Pine, etc. There is no clear definition. For example, insects and lingbo should be considered as one type, all referring to amber containing animal remains. Huapu refers to the amber that has been artificially detonated, and its cracking effect is also called ice crack. The pressed amber flower is especially finely divided, disordered, and the background is cloudy.
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Among them, the highest value is beeswax. People usually say "millennium amber, beeswax". In fact, this is an absolute fallacy. The so-called beeswax is only a special variety in the amber family, mainly because of its different forms. The age of formation is by no means the difference between years.
Champagne is a beeswax with a pronounced aroma after rubbing, because usually the beeswax is treated to a small extent, so the aroma is rich. Water pipe refers to amber containing water droplets, also called water amber. The more precious variety is the insect that wraps insects.
Commonly known as "Amber Tibetan bee", it is an extremely rare collection. This product is best for insects with clear appearance, vivid shape, large size and large quantity. Of course, the market is mostly artificial rather than natural parcels.
It is difficult to give confirmation, to judge calmly based on your own experience, and not to impulsively invest.
There are a lot of amber identification methods, which provide a set of ten methods for distinguishing between true and false and color.
First, the use of salt water ups and downs to identify. Premise, the two are similar in size, without any inlays, the real amber is lighter than the fake material, placed in 1:4 salt water, plastic and other synthetic products will sink, while natural amber will float or even out of the water.
Second, use a sharp weapon to poke or hot amber burning, with a new wallpaper knife tip, amber to see the powder, and more resin-containing stagnation block open, more plastic-like will be stagnation or roll The pieces fall off. The needles and the like are poked at different angles, and the natural amber will be slightly blasted, while other materials, especially plastics (resin materials) may even stay behind the needle tip.
The sharp weapon burning test can be selected in a light meter such as a bead pendant or the like which does not affect the appearance. If it is a natural amber material, it has a black burnt mark, but has no sticky feeling, and has a loose fragrance. The fake material will be sticky or even finely brushed. If the smell is good, it will smell the plastic smell.
Third, when the amber year collided, the sound was reverberant, and Shen Su was not noisy. The synthetic materials such as plastics are sound and ugly. Of course, you should be careful and careful. After comparing them, you can accurately judge the difference between the two.
Fourth, smell the real thing, un-stained amber rough stone, quickly heat by hand, you can smell a light special rosin aroma, white aroma is slightly heavier than other aroma.
Fifth, the visual insight into the surface and inside, the true amber texture, color depth, transparency, refractive index, etc. will change with the observation angle and illumination. This feeling is not found in any other substance. Just as we identify true and false people, such as superb artists can create a vivid figure of the wax, "just to the real thing" is just to talk about, even the best wax can not escape our eyes. Amber is transparent but very moist, unlike glass, crystal and diamonds. Fake amber is either very transparent or opaque, the color is dead, the skin is unnatural, and the surface is cold. In particular, there will be fine bloody filaments, and natural amber products contain impurities that do not contain mechanical distribution or are absolutely dry.
Artificial amber slag synthetic products, other tests are very difficult to identify, too close to the natural, can only rely on the look, especially with a magnifying glass or even a microscope to carefully observe the comparison study. Natural amber contains bubbles that are mainly round, while synthetic amber or other related materials are fake amber.
Solubility test: After tens of millions of years of smelting, amber is weaker than the coba fat which has not yet formed fossils. Short-term contact with ether does not cause any damage. We took 2 drops of the nail rinsing water and dripped it on the test specimen. The keba and rosin potions apparently volatilized slowly. Moreover, the hand is obviously sticky at the application water and can leave a fingerprint. However, there is no trace on the amber because the evaporation rate of the ether is faster than the dissolution of the amber in the ether. However, for a long time in alcohol and ether, amber will still partially dissolve, because the syrup has 18% to 20% solubility for amber.
Seven, ultraviolet radiation: put amber under the money detector, it will have fluorescence, light green, green, blue, white and so on. Plastic fake amber does not change color.
Eight, feel the experience, amber in the double finger up and down, even with a sense of elasticity and light and slip, the general situation will not be too cold and overheating. Synthetic fake material imitations such as plastics have a cooler feel than the next.
Nine, static test, amber on the Clothes or hair on the hair, with fine particles of paper scrap test, will adsorb above.
10. Legal professional institutions that have been identified by the state will use more advanced equipment and experienced sellers to identify them.
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