Does Amber have air bubbles in it?

Real amber has air bubbles, and if clear enough to let light pass, you'll see imperfections within the bead, cracks, etc. Real amber is warm to the touch and has a slight 'tacky' feel (verses slick like glass). It also feels lighter in your hands than you would expect it to.
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What are the bubbles in amber?

It has been suggested that bubbles in amber preserve the composition of the atmosphere at the time the amber was exuded from trees1,2, while others suggest that the gas content is controlled by solubility relationships3, diffusion4 or chemical reactions involving oxygen consumption5.
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How can you tell if it is real amber?

Hot Needle Test

Simply take a hot needle and press it gently against the amber stone. Baltic amber is usually quite fragile. If you were to insert the needle into a plastic stone, then melting would occur. If you have a real amber stone in your presence, then the needle will show signs of cracking the object.
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What does fake amber look like?

Types of Fake Amber that Exist

Real amber is warm to the touch and has a wax-like shine to it -- it will not appear as a glossy shine. Common imitations for amber are casein, celluloid, copal, glass, kauri gum, plastic, and phenolic resin.
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How can you tell if amber is pressed?

They are pressed! The only way to distinguish these from hand cut beads is by visual examination by an amber expert. These are often sold by unscrupulous sellers as hand cut. Beads made by pressing this way are very high quality, beautiful and durable.
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Is real amber heavy or light?

Genuine amber is lightweight and slightly warm to the touch. This is due to it being underground for millions of years and because of its chemical composition. You can distinguish fake amber that is made of glass from the real thing because glass is harder, cooler, and heavier than authentic amber.
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Is compressed amber real?

When small remnants of Amber are fused together using high pressure or major heat source, the result is called "pressed" Amber. While pressed Amber is cheap and relatively available, it will not perform the same way original, natural Amber does.
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Is real amber expensive?

Amber prices can range from $20 to $40,000 or more.
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Does amber float in freshwater?

Some plastics will also float under the same conditions. Amber floats on salt water. BUT! Not just any salt water.
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Can amber go in water?

Many wearers of Amber jewelry also frequently ask if they can wear it in the water. Amber itself can be in water and it won't get damaged. However, many Amber jewelry pieces are made with a string, clasps from other materials or it contains other gemstones.
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How can you tell if Baltic amber is real?

Real amber has air bubbles, and if clear enough to let light pass, you'll see imperfections within the bead, cracks, etc. Real amber is warm to the touch and has a slight 'tacky' feel (verses slick like glass). It also feels lighter in your hands than you would expect it to.
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How does amber look like?

Amber occurs in a range of different colors. As well as the usual yellow-orange-brown that is associated with the color "amber", amber itself can range from a whitish color through a pale lemon yellow, to brown and almost black.
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What happens when you heat amber?

Whether the amber is subjected to pressure, combined by pressing two stones together, heated, or processed in an autoclave, it remains succinite. And there is no change in the spectral curves.
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What was the oxygen level 65 million years ago?

For the Cretaceous period (65 -- 145 million years ago), for example, up to 30 percent atmospheric oxygen has been suggested previously. The researchers also relate this low atmospheric oxygen to climatic developments in Earth's history.
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How much oxygen was in the air during the dinosaurs?

The atmosphere of the Earth 80 million years ago was discovered to have 50% more oxygen than modern air. Brenner and Landis found that for all gas samples taken from amber 80 million years old the oxygen content ranged between 25% to 35% and averaged about 30% oxygen. Cretaceous air was supercharged with oxygen.
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What are two details scientists can learn from studying air bubbles trapped inside amber?

Even the air bubbles trapped in amber are valuable to paleontologists. By analyzing the chemistry of the air, scientists can tell if there was a volcanic eruption or other atmospheric changes nearby. The behavior of organisms can also be deduced from fossil evidence.
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Does amber have cracks?

Real Amber beads tend to be unique in their appearance so you should look for imperfections when inspecting them. Some common imperfections are tiny cracks or small air bubbles. Also beads should vary a little in size and its shape shouldn't be always round.
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Can you soak amber in salt water?

8 oz of water and 2 tablespoons of any salt will do. Recharge your amber by leaving it in the sun or moonlight all day/night to dry. Amber is soft and can be brittle; it's important to be careful that it does not come in contact with chemicals.
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What is the difference between amber and resin?

You might have thought that amber comes from tree sap. Actually, it is created from resin. The difference is that sap transports nutrients around the tree while resin is semi-solid and acts as a defense response for the plant's immune system.
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Does amber break easily?

Real amber does not break and will not become sticky. There will be no trace on the natural amber. But on the artificial sample will appear melting, discoloration, etc. Please note that prolonged exposure to reagents the stains on natural amber may remain.
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What is the rarest color of amber?

Blue amber is the rarest of all the colors of amber. However, blue amber is fairly new to the gem industry. It must be caught in the right light, or it will look like every other piece of yellow-brown amber. A fascinating property of blue amber is the color that it will change when a fluorescent light is shown on it.
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What color amber is best?

In general, the most valuable color of amber is rich yellow of medium to strong darkness. Red pieces are also considered of high value. The most important quality that determines the value of amber's color is its intensity.
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What is the difference between amber and Baltic Amber?

Contrary to popular belief, amber is not a rock or gemstone. Amber is actually fossilized tree resin and can be found in many regions throughout the world. Baltic amber is specifically amber from the area near the Baltic Sea, including areas in Poland, Lithuania, Germany, and Latvia, just to name a few.
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Does fake amber glow?

In a dark space, shine a UV black light on the samples in question, and if it is authentic amber it will fluoresce a bright blue or yellow green. Sometimes amber is melted down and cut with plastic or other types of resin and a very soft fluorescence still comes through from the content of real amber.
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Does amber look like plastic?

Genuine Baltic Amber is not a stone, rock or gem, it is a Fossilized Tree Resin that was formed over 45 million years ago, so it is naturally light weight and warms up with the body's temperature and can feel like a plastic. People who know only a few things about Amber could be deceived.
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