Featured Bought beads, too.

These were cheeeep. I thought at first that the amber were plastic with that modern clasp, but the UV torch spoke otherwise. The other set has a nice Chinese export style silver clasp. I can't decide what the beads are. They do fluoresce, but they don't look amber. Not stone or glass either, they don't feel heavy or cold enough . Hm.

 

Could you show us a photo of the fluorescence?

 

Surely. It's greenish yellow, quite similar to how some ambers behave but not the same. I do think the beads are organic of some kind, looking at them. If they're amber, they're the oddest I've ever seen.

 

Do items made from Tagua nut fluoresce?
I'm a bit embarrassed that I don't know...
EDIT: Tagua glows an almost dead white under my UV lamp.

 

I think it is amber.

Asia has some very different types of amber. Burmese red amber, Chinese beeswax amber and Sumatran blue amber for instance.

 

Oh, splendid. It’s not a colour I’ve ever seen before. From a distance with the banding, I almost thought it was an agate, till I picked it up and looked. Thanks aj! That’s two amber necklaces for the price of three cups of coffee.

 

Yup. It might be excavated and look odd. It sure acts like amber. I bet the not-so clever blokes sold it as plastic!