The differences are as follows
Knowledge introduction:
Amber is a resin dropped by coniferous plants 45-65 million years ago, which was buried underground for thousands of years and fossilized under the action of pressure and heat. Therefore, it is also called "resin fossil" or "resin fossil". Its shapes are varied, the surface often retains the lines produced when the resin flows, and bubbles and ancient insect or plant debris are often seen inside, and some still exude fragrance. Amber is mainly composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and a small amount of sulfur, with hardness of 2-3, specific gravity of 1.05- 1. 10, melting point of 150C- 180C and ignition point of 250C-375C. Amber is a very astringent substance, and no two pieces of amber are exactly the same. Its composition and structure can be identified by scientific instruments. Amber is generally identified by its low specific gravity and hardness, in addition, its refractive index is also very special.
Beeswax is actually opaque amber.
Opaque amber, traditionally called "beeswax", has many other names:
Its classification is as follows
Old honey-opaque amber, red and orange, indicating that the soil is very old.
Blood amber-transparent amber, indicating the age of the soil. The color is like the color of fine red wine.
Blood honey refers to opaque translucent amber. Pure natural, unoptimized and red talents are called blood honey.
Bone amber refers to white amber.
Jin Po-refers to golden yellow and transparent amber.
Beeswax-translucent to opaque, can be in various colors, with golden yellow, brown yellow, egg yellow and other yellow as the most common, with waxy feeling, waxy resin luster and glassy luster.
Golden twist-refers to amber interwoven with transparent Jin Po and translucent beeswax.
Xiangpo refers to amber with fragrance.
Insect amber refers to amber wrapped in animal and plant remains.
Shipo-refers to amber with a certain petrochemical degree, which is harder than others.
Huapo-amber with various colors and uneven colors.
Raw ore-refers to the ore mined without mineral processing or other processing processes.
Lanpo-Amber, light yellow with blue facing the sun, is produced in Dominica and China.
Blue-green amber-The color produced in Mexico is blue-green, similar to that in Dominica and China.
Yellow honey-yellow beeswax.
Half honey and half beads-also called pearl honey or egg honey-refer to transparent amber wrapped in opaque beeswax.
White honey-white beeswax.
Amber filled with water-amber with water in it. This is a very rare and precious piece of amber.
Amber-a kind of amber that is black when observed vertically by naked eyes and bright red when illuminated.
Yellow and transparent, high petrochemical degree and high hardness.
The identification method is as follows
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 ... >>
Question 2: Where does Russia produce amber Kaliningrad? It is an enclave in Russia, in Poland, the former East Prussia!
Question 3: Is Russian amber true? Kaliningrad, Russia is the largest amber producing area in the world, accounting for more than 90% of the world's output. If the landlord is interested, you can search Shun Tak Amber on Taobao. First-hand goods are cheap and cost-effective. I hope to adopt.
Question 4: What's the difference between Russian amber and Ukrainian amber? Amber is not produced in Ukraine.
Russian amber is basically produced in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea.
Question 5: Does Belarus produce amber beeswax? It produces amber.
Traditionally, amber produced in Belarus is not considered as the origin of amber. With the hot sale of amber in recent years, Ukrainian miners began to mine amber at the edge of the mining area, crossing the border between Ukraine and Belarus and mining in Belarus.
This is a few large pieces of material mined about 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, separated from the Ukrainian mining area by several small lakes and a swamp, with 8 pieces of *** 1.2 kg. It's the same material as everywhere.
Distribution and main producing areas of amber resources in the world;
1. Amber from the Isle of Wight, England
Scientists' great interest in amber on the Isle of Wight stems from its age. It comes from the Mesozoic Cretaceous period1.300 million years ago. Their main color is brown beeswax, with a transparent yellow vortex, which contains many plant fragments and pyrite crystals. Amber was also found in Musdas and Sussex in England for a longer time, about 65.438+0.4 billion years ago, but no insects were found in it.
2. Lebanese amber
Lebanese amber is mainly yellow and contains many cracks, which makes amber very fragile. Similar amber has been found in the Middle East, Israel and Jordan. Insects found in Lebanese amber are also of great significance, because they came from the late Mesozoic Cretaceous period 1 100 million years ago. This fragile amber, which produces little, has almost no jewelry value.
3. Burmese amber
Burmese amber is mainly dark orange or dark red. Amber blocks contain plant fragments. Most of them were mined in the middle abyss of Hukawang Valley in northern Myanmar in the early 20th century. According to the scientific examination of submarine microfossils and extinct insect species polymerized by amber in Myanmar, its age is about 60 million to 65.438+0.2 billion years.
In northern Myanmar, commonly known as the Hukaon Canyon, many businessmen say that only three mines are in production. It is believed that it is not only produced in the Hukawang Gorge in northern Myanmar, but also near the Indian border, with more than three ore occurrences. Many mines are small, which is caused by unplanned mining by local farmers. But the raw materials produced by Indian border mines are better and richer; Some people even think that the raw materials of snow slopes are mainly produced in mines near the Indian border. Some domestic businesses don't talk about specific mines and specific places of origin, mainly trade secrets.
4. Amber in Sicily, Italy
Amber in Sicily is mostly orange or red. But there will be green, blue and black. Generally speaking, beeswax is relatively rare and transparent. After polishing, their surfaces are very dazzling. The age is about 60-90 million years.
5. China amber
China amber is mostly transparent, orange or red. There are a large number of China amber carvings in the American Museum of Natural History. Amber containing insects can be collected near Fushun, Liaoning Province. Between 35 million and 57 million years.
Amber in China is mainly produced in Neogene argillaceous and coal-bearing strata, followed by Mesozoic Cretaceous strata. Known main producing areas are Liaoning, Henan, Yunnan, Fujian, * * * and other provinces, followed by Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Sichuan and other provinces.
Amber produced in Fushun, Liaoning Province is the most famous. Fushun amber is mainly produced in the coal measures strata of the Paleogene Guchengzi Formation, sometimes accompanied by "coal concentrate". Recovering amber when mining coal mines. Where the coal seam is rich in amber, amber particles can account for 34%. Interestingly, some amber is wrapped in fossils such as mosquitoes, ants, cockroaches and bees.
Amber producing areas in Henan Province are mainly distributed in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic continental strata in Xixia and Neixiang. The main known producing areas are Muchaigou in Neixiang, Chongyang Township and Dinghe Township in Xixia County. At the beginning of 1979, when water conservancy projects were built in Xixia area, high-quality amber was dug out of the ground. These amber are purplish red, translucent and shiny. Amber resources in Fujian Province are mainly distributed in Zhangpu-Longhai area, which occurs in the lower stratum of tertiary Fotan Group. Amber ore bodies are lenticular and layered. Amber is often interbedded with mudstone, oil shale and lignite. , mainly produces snow pearl, Jin Po, honey yellow pearl, etc.
* * * Amber is distributed in Nima County, and three producing areas have been found: Ganglong, Du Jiang and Zhongcang. Ganglong Amber Mine is located in Berg Mountain ("Amber Mountain" in Tibetan), which is divided into primary mine and residual slope deposit. The primary minerals are clastic rocks in the lower part of Eogene and carbonaceous siltstone in the upper part of bioclastic limestone, including carbonaceous shale 10 and argillaceous siltstone with several layers of amber minerals several centimeters thick. The shape of amber is mostly spherical or ellipsoid, and a few are cake-shaped or thin strips, with a diameter of 0 12 ~ 12 cm, mainly brownish red, with a small amount of light red, deep red and orange yellow.
Amber resources in Inner Mongolia are distributed in Bell Lake ...
Question 6: What are the characteristics of amber beeswax made in Russia? Russia produces a lot of amber.
However, domestic processing is relatively rough.
Question 7: What is the price of Russian specialty amber? Hello, I'm glad to answer your questions.
Look at the quality, weight and manufacturing process, whether it is inlaid with precious metals.
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Question 8: What kind of amber in Russia is collectible? Russian material is dry and full of potholes. Choose the one with large size, few potholes, regular shape, consistent color and no cracks after polishing.
Question 9: Is Russian amber cheaper than domestic amber? It must be cheaper. The amount of amber produced in Russia is relatively large, but the quality of Russian amber is very average. Of course, there are also good materials. Generally speaking, a large quantity is definitely cheap. China is a big consumer of amber in the world, but there are not many places producing amber, and the quantity is not specific.