Featured Definitely amber, but what else is mixed in?

$5 thrift shop find today. The small crackled beads glow green under UV light, amber (reconstituted?) The larger beads do not...I am thinking copal, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of imperfections. The not-amber beads are not exactly the same sizes, the entire necklace is very lightweight. What do I have here? Thank you.

 

Lovely color combination. I can't help with ID, but will hope that somebody will arrive soon to help.

 

Thank you.

 

I'd test the bigger ones for bakelite if they feel right for it. Cherry prystal can look like that.

 

I was going to, but the whole darn thing is very lightweight. I'll get the simichrome out, thanks.

 

What is prystal? Thanks!

 

Prystal is translucent bakelite, or really catalin but almost no one calls it that. See "apple juice bakelite"; it's bakelite that started out clear but has oxidized to a see-through yellow about the color of apple juice. Prystal is the term used for other see-through colors.

 

Looks like it.

 

Simichrome negative for bakelite.

 

Thanks! I've been a bakelite/catalin collector for decades, but had not known of that term until your post.
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