How to identify the authenticity of beeswax bracelets? How to treat true and false beeswax bracelets?

There are many fake beeswax bracelets on the market now. For those who like beeswax, you must choose carefully, otherwise it will be very uneconomical to be deceived, so everyone must master the method of identifying the authenticity of beeswax bracelets that I will tell you next!

How to identify the authenticity of beeswax bracelets

Because of the rarity and preciousness of beeswax, there are a lot of imitations on the market, which may be plastic, glass, new resin and so on. So when we buy beeswax, we need to carefully select and identify its authenticity.

The most direct way to identify beeswax is to wear it. Beeswax will change after we wear it for a while. Because everyone's body temperature and pH are different, it will affect beeswax and make the surface of beeswax oxidized.

Natural beeswax is made up of resin layers in the molding process, which will show the flowing lines of viscous liquid slowly blooming, and some round bubbles will appear, giving people a warm feeling and emitting a soft luster. The fake beeswax will not have such flowing lines, even if there are lines, it is blunt and unnatural, and the bubbles are mostly long and flat, giving people a dull and cold feeling. Beeswax is a neutral gem, which is generally neither too cold nor too hot, and glass imitations will feel cold. Natural beeswax will attract some small pieces after rubbing on clothes, which fake beeswax does not have. Moreover, the rubbed beeswax will have a faint pine fragrance, which is also an important basis for identifying true and false beeswax.

Identification of true and false beeswax bracelets

1, eye view: the real beeswax gives people the feeling of being soft, warm and shiny; Many synthetic products feel heavier and colder. During the formation of natural beeswax, due to the accumulation of resin layer by layer, it will show the flow form of viscous liquid slowly blooming. However, artificial beeswax often does not have this flowing pattern, or the flowing pattern is unnatural, and the appearance presents a ripple channel with rapid liquid flow.

2, feel: amber is a neutral organic gem, not very hot in summer, not too cold in winter, very gentle. Use glass or chalcedony to prevent feeling cold and heavy.

3, ultraviolet radiation: put amber under the money detector, it will have fluorescence, light green, green, blue, white and so on. Plastic fake amber will not change color. The fluorescence of pressed beeswax (commonly known as second-generation wax) is fragmented small pieces.

Characteristics of fake beeswax bracelets

The first category, plexiglass.

This imitation can only imitate amber in color, but it is far from amber in weight, density and feel, so it is easy to distinguish it. This kind of amber can be eliminated by salt water test 100%.

In the second category, resin impersonates amber.

Imitations of resin amber are very similar to amber in appearance and feel, such as koba resin and rosin. If you are a friend of a beginner, it is easy to get confused when you first come into contact. But the biggest feature of this imitation is that the year is not enough, and the most obvious difference from amber is hardness. This amber can be identified by alcohol method and hardness test.

The third category, plastic synthesis.

Plastic, synthetic and polystyrene are actually plastic amber imitations. This kind of imitation is a common one at present. Because of its low cost, it can be imitated in terms of hand feel, density and refractive index, and even some highly imitated ones can almost reach the level of confusing the real with the fake. Many people take medicine when they take it. However, plastic will always be plastic, and its essence cannot be changed. Plastic is tough and easy to cut. A little destructive experiment can reveal their true colors. For example, if a knife scratches a plastic surface, some people with common sense can easily imagine that there will be curly plastic pieces.

Introduction to the origin of beeswax bracelets

According to statistics, amber beeswax has been found in more than 100 countries, but it is generally recognized in the industry that the five major producing areas are the Baltic coast, Dominica, Mexico, northern Myanmar and Fushun, Liaoning, China. In Europe, amber beeswax is produced in Britain, France, Romania, northern Siberia, Sicily, Italy, including Xixia in Henan, Lijiang in Yunnan, Japan, Thailand, India, North Korea, South America and Oceania, but the output is not much, and the collection value is not as high as the five major producing areas. Due to different geological plates, the characteristics of beeswax in the five major producing areas are also different. Next, let's talk about the characteristics and representative categories of amber beeswax in these five producing areas. Amber beeswax along the Baltic Sea is the largest amber producing area in the world, accounting for 90% of the industry, mainly distributed in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and other countries.