2. Amber is the resin dripped by coniferous plants 45-65 million years ago. It has been buried underground for thousands of years and turned into a fossil under the action of pressure and heat, so it is also called "resin fossil" or "resin fossil".
3. Amber pendants have many shapes, and the surface often retains the lines generated when the resin flows, and bubbles and ancient insect or plant debris are often seen inside.
Amber is also said to come from Arabic Anbar, which means "gum", because the Spanish call Arabic gum and amber amber buried underground. In ancient China, amber was regarded as "the spirit of the tiger", which means the soul of the tiger.
Amber is very delicate, afraid of fire, gasoline, bumps and exposure. Some amber still smells. Common amber types: Jin Po, Jinlanpo, Green Tea Slope, Black Tea Slope, Blood Slope, Plum Slope, Brown Red Slope, Blue Slope, Green Slope, Insect Slope, Beewax, Pergen, Myanmar Root Slope, etc.
4. According to the different colors and characteristics of amber, there are Jin Po, Xuepo, Insect Po, Xiangpo, Shipo, Huapo, Shuipo, Mingpo, Wapo, beeswax and Korean pine in China, among which there is no clear definition. For example, Worm and Lingpo should be considered as one kind, both of which refer to amber containing animal remains. Flower bud refers to amber that has been artificially exploded, among which it should be noted that the pressed amber flower is particularly fine, chaotic and the background is turbid. Beeswax refers to opaque amber, and the statement that "a thousand years of amber, a million years of beeswax" is false. Xiangpo refers to the beeswax with obvious fragrance after kneading, because the degree of treatment of beeswax is usually small, so the fragrance is rich. Water amber refers to amber containing water droplets, also called water amber.
Amber is of high value in antiques, exquisite works of art or biological remains. The economic value of amber depends on the purity, shape, size and color of insects. The color is strong and positive, and the impurities are less. Blue, green and blood red are the best colors, but green amber is found in Dominica, Mexico and Fushun, China. Baltic green amber is mostly caused by chemicals at medium and high temperatures. Transparent blood amber is mostly caused by high temperature baking, and natural blood amber will have visible inclusions. Usually, strong colors are usually accompanied by a small amount of visible impurities. It is said that tiny inclusions are the coloring factor of amber and also come from it. The most valuable variety is amber wrapped with insects, commonly known as "amber hidden bees", with clear insects, realistic shapes, excellent texture, large individuals and large numbers as the best.
5. Identification method
The criteria for identifying amber are solid texture, no crack and beautiful color. The most precious amber is highly transparent and insect-like. There are grades according to the cleanliness, shape and size of insects, and the best grade can be classified as gems. Golden yellow and yellow-red amber are the top grade. Amber with insects is used to make face stones and chest pendants, which is of great value. Amber with many cracks, soft texture, dull color or similar color to ordinary stone is of no use value.
Eliminating the false and retaining the true is the main purpose of distinguishing amber from other jewels and jade. Therefore, it is particularly important to understand the characteristics of real amber and its imitations. There are several kinds of imitations: glass, plastic, resin (resin with insufficient years, such as Barker resin) and synthetic. Imitations are called imitations because they imitate some characteristics of the real thing, and are similar to the real thing in perception, feel and feel, which makes inexperienced people mistake it for the real thing.
Amber is an organic gem, which is warm and light to the touch, which makes it different from glass. Natural amber blocks float in salt water and sink in clear water. The smell of natural amber is very special-when rubbed, heated or burned, natural amber gives off a pleasant resin smell, which helps to distinguish amber. Scraping the sample surface can also help to identify-scraping the natural amber surface will produce fine powder, while scraping the plastic imitation surface will have spiral scratches. Compared with artificial resin blocks, natural amber is easier to pulverize. If there are large, rare and precious inclusions in amber, they are probably imitations. The optimized amber, including those with inclusions, has a characteristic that only the surface has bright colors, while the interior is almost colorless. Amber is very precious-if its price is much lower than the market price at that time, we should realize that it may be an imitation.
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