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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 430306, member: 2844"]Milky is right, but there should be an extra discolouration, which depends on the colour of the amber. Under UV they should have a slight discolouration ranging from pinkish to blueish. I have a very dark amber cabochon which turns a rather sickening colour.</p><p><br /></p><p>A synthetic sapphire should also fluoresce. Maybe they replaced it with a ruby? Not all rubies fluoresce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 430306, member: 2844"]Milky is right, but there should be an extra discolouration, which depends on the colour of the amber. Under UV they should have a slight discolouration ranging from pinkish to blueish. I have a very dark amber cabochon which turns a rather sickening colour. A synthetic sapphire should also fluoresce. Maybe they replaced it with a ruby? Not all rubies fluoresce.[/QUOTE]
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