Beeswax is a kind of generally opaque amber, belonging to organic gemstones, and its color is mainly yellow. Generally speaking, the more positive, thicker, deeper and more uniform the color of beeswax, the better the quality.
Beeswax can be divided into red, white and yellow according to color. If subdivided, it can be divided into white beeswax, white beeswax, lemon yellow beeswax, goose yellow beeswax, yellow beeswax, chicken oil yellow beeswax, brown yellow beeswax, brown red beeswax, bordeaux beeswax and so on.
In terms of rarity, red beeswax is the rarest, white beeswax, chicken oil yellow beeswax and brown beeswax are relatively rare, while white beeswax, lemon yellow beeswax, goose yellow beeswax and yellow beeswax are more common.
Question 2: Is beeswax really tasteless? Beeswax is a kind of fossil, which is the resin of ancient Pinaceae plants buried in the stratum and formed after tens of millions of years of evolution.
Although beeswax used to be a kind of rosin, its original pine fragrance gradually lost with the passage of time. The longer it is buried in the stratum, the less obvious the smell is. Therefore, most beeswax needs to be rubbed to have a loose fragrance.
Question 3: Is it true that beeswax must have a fragrance? Generally speaking, the fragrance of beeswax can't be smelled without rubbing, polishing and heating. Obvious fragrance is generally problematic.
No fragrance or obvious, personally think it is baking color, or the origin of wax is wrong. Opaque amber is called beeswax. Beeswax is an organic mineral, which is divided into many varieties because of its different origins, rich colors and different forms.
There are many ways to identify whether it is natural beeswax. Here are a few simple ways not to damage beeswax:
A, put the beeswax into 1: 5 salt water. What can't float is fake (this method is limited to naked beeswax). However, light plastics and resins can also float and need further verification.
B, repeatedly wipe the surface with cotton swab dipped in nail polish cleaning solution, the surface should be no obvious change. Some may have white spots because there are polishing substances on the surface, which will fall off with a slight scraping with nails and will not change after being wiped with drugs. Note that the soaking time of the liquid medicine should not be too long, otherwise it will be damaged to some extent.
C, beeswax is a neutral organic gemstone, and it won't feel very hot or too cold when worn close to the body.
D. Observe beeswax under different light sources, such as ultraviolet ray of money detector and flashlight. , and beeswax will show different colors. From different angles, there will be different scenes. Refracted light is spiritual, while fakes have no obvious changes, and the light emitted is lifeless.
E, if you really can't confirm it, you can spend your own money to go to the national authority for appraisal. Don't listen to all kinds of reasons that this variety can't be identified for some reason. Even if the merchant provides the appraisal certificate, it is necessary to verify the authenticity of the certificate and the qualification and credibility of the institution that issued the certificate.
F, there are also some identification methods that will cause some damage to beeswax. For example, use red-hot acupuncture to see if there is any fragrance, whether it can penetrate, and it is not very sticky. Or scrape it with a blade to see if it is powdery.
Question 4: Why does beeswax smell like kerosene? This is mainly because of the excavation method of amber beeswax.
1 sea drift, which is what most people encounter, is just fished out of the sea as the name suggests.
This kind of mineral material is dug from the mine, and the mine hole is usually accompanied by oil, which leads to kerosene in its molding, which will appear in your grinding (I have only encountered this smell in the Baltic Sea, but I don't know much about it in other areas).
Question 5: What is the smell of beeswax? Beeswax has a faint pine fragrance after grinding.
Beeswax is a kind of amber, opaque or translucent, belonging to organic gemstones, and its color is mainly yellow. Named for its color like honey and light like wax. The chemical molecular formula of amber is C 10H 16O, and it also contains a small amount of hydrogen sulfide and other trace elements such as aluminum, magnesium, calcium and silicon. It is the resin of ancient Pinaceae plants, buried in the stratum and formed after tens of millions of years of evolution.
Question 6: Does beeswax taste? Baltic beeswax has a loose fragrance, but it tastes very light because the friction of polished products is very small. If it is skin or white beeswax, the taste will be stronger.
Question 7: Smell the beeswax. Everyone knows that pure natural beeswax will have fragrance, but if you take a big beeswax bead and a small beeswax bead and rub them back and forth with the same force, why is the fragrance of the big beeswax bead more obvious than that of the direct small one? This is because the human body says that the contact area of beeswax is different. The larger the stress area, the more fragrant it is. The more succinic acid it contains, the better and more fragrant the wax is.
Question 8: Why does beeswax have a fragrance? Beeswax is a fossil formed by the evolution of the resin of ancient Pinaceae plants buried in the stratum for tens of millions of years. It is an opaque or translucent amber, which belongs to organic gemstones and is yellow in color.
Because beeswax is a kind of rosin fossil, it may have a faint pine fragrance, especially after rubbing. But the longer the beeswax is buried in the stratum, the less obvious the smell will be.
Question 9: How many kinds of beeswax are there? How to distinguish true and false beeswax, as an organic treasure, is very different from inorganic treasures in chemical composition and atomic structure, but there are many similarities in jewelry characteristics. From the gloss point of view, beeswax is mostly wax resin (turpentine) luster, but there are also bright glass luster (glass surface beeswax), metal luster (gold surface beeswax) and mercury luster (pure black beeswax). The luster of jewelry is related to the way of light reflection and the degree of surface polishing. The same is true of beeswax, such as black wax and aquamarine blue. Only after a high degree of polishing can the surface of mercury shine, otherwise it will be dull.
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 very 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.
Question 10: Does fake beeswax taste? There are several kinds of fake beeswax.
What is pressed out is amber powder, and the essence is beeswax, which is fragrant.
There are many kinds of plastics, some smell like plastic, and some are mixed with essence.
Glass has no taste.