Amber Red Hair: The Rare Beauty That Turns Heads

Longwave should do the trick. Most amber fluoresces with UV, glowing a blueish to green color. Also, amber will float in a heavy salt water. Your piece looks quite a bit like Indonesian amber with the color & fracturing. I would agree! I have 1kg Indonesian amber in my collection because I wanted to see how they are compared to those from other ...

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Amber isn't nearly as rare as some may think and many real specimens with insects are found and sold across the world. (More than 1% are genuine). More than 1% are genuine? Are more than 98% inauthentic? This is a sincere question. I would have assumed “1%” was a typo, but my knowledge of amber is too limited to make assumptions.

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