How to identify beeswax bracelets

The only way for international beeswax experts to judge genuine beeswax is to turn red, black or star when exposed to heat.

Due to the preciousness and rarity of real beeswax, a large number of imitations mainly made of plastics and new resins have appeared on the market. The most direct way to identify beeswax is to wear it. After wearing it for a while, it changed. This is because people's body temperature, pH and even different gas fields have different effects on noble beeswax. Simply put, it is the influence of surface oxidation on noble beeswax. If it is an imitation, there will be no such change.

In the actual collection appreciation, playmaker summed up the identification method of 12, so that you can identify the authenticity:

0 1. salt water test method: the density of amber is between 1.05- 1. 10. In 1: 4 (salt: water) saturated brine, amber, light plastic and resin can float, while ordinary plastic, glass, acrylic and bakelite sink. Friendly reminder: this method is limited to naked amber. Amber with a lot of impurities in its body will sink if the salt water concentration is not heavy enough.

02. Hot test: The needle is burned in an inconspicuous place of amber, with a faint pine fragrance. Bakelite and plastic smell pungent and stick to needles. Friendly reminder: Too hot will leave black spots on the amber surface, which will affect the appearance.

03. Needle-picking test with a knife: Cutting amber with a paper cutter will pulverize, resin will fall off in pieces, plastic will roll up, and glass will not be cut. When you flush amber with a hard needle at an angle of 20-30 degrees from the horizontal line, you will feel explosive and there will be extremely fine powder residue. If it is plastic or other substances with different hardness, it will not stick, or it will feel sticky, or even stick in. Friendly reminder: this experiment will damage your jewelry. If you pick out the cut part, you can only find a professional to repair it. It is best not to do it or do it less, so as not to cause harm to amber.

04. Nail polish lotion: Wipe the amber surface repeatedly with a cotton swab, with no obvious change. Plastics, pressure and amber have not changed, but resin and Coba butter will be corroded because they are not petrified, resulting in sticking pits. Rosin will melt slowly when it is soaked in liquid medicine. Friendly reminder: some amber has a layer of polishing substance, which will turn into white spots when wiped with drugs, but this layer of white spots can be scraped off with nail shells to expose the surface of amber, and there will be no change when rubbed with drugs. The liquid medicine still has 18%-20% solubility in amber, and the surface may become foggy after soaking for a long time)

05. Feel: Amber is a neutral organic gem, which is not very hot in summer and not too cold in winter, so it is very gentle. Use glass or chalcedony to prevent feeling cold and heavy.

06. Observing scales with eyes: This is the most important method to identify inlaid amber. Amber usually has beautiful scales of lotus leaves, which have different feelings from different angles, have different refraction and emit spiritual light. The transparency of fake amber is generally not high, and the scales emit dead light, which is similar from different angles and lacks the aura of amber. The scales and patterns in fake amber are mostly injection molded, so most of them are the same. The most common one on the market is the red scale.

07. Eyebubbles: The bubbles in amber are mostly round, and the bubbles in pressed amber are mostly long and flat.

08. Ultraviolet irradiation: Put amber under the money detector, it will have fluorescence, light green, green, blue, white and so on. Amber and Jin Po have the most obvious discoloration, while blood amber and beeswax have no obvious discoloration. The more transparent it is, the more obvious it is, and the plastic will not change color. Friendly reminder: don't test under strong light or the effect will not be obvious.

9. Aroma: Amber has only a faint smell, and it can hardly be smelled when rubbed, or it can't be smelled at all, but amber with skin will produce fragrance when rubbed, and Xiangpo will produce fragrance when rubbed. Amber only gives off a loose fragrance when it burns. Friendly reminder: there is no rubbing smell on the stall, so it is better to just watch and not buy.

10. Sound test: Amber beads that are not inlaid will make a soft and slightly dull sound when rubbed gently in the hand, and the sound will be crisp if they are plastic or resin.

1 1. Friction with static electricity: Amber can attract small pieces of paper after rubbing on clothes. (Friendly reminder: except copy paper)

12. Cost appraisal: Take it to CMA Jewelry Appraisal Center to measure refractive index, density, etc.

The best test methods: visual inspection, ultraviolet irradiation, hand feeling and salt water. Other methods will do some harm to amber even if they are detected to be true. The above identification methods cannot be used alone, and various detection methods should be used to distinguish between true and false.