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<p>[QUOTE="Geemah, post: 9433369, member: 81184"]Hello my people! I’m a recovering jewelry hoarder and I fell off the wagon…more like I threw myself off and rolled to the Goodwill. I found these awesome butternut squash colored beads being sold as Bakelite (yep, my Goodwill found Ebay and now tests their jewelry to price it accordingly). Against my better judgement, I got them although in the hand, they felt lighter than I expected. They're warm to the touch and the rub test (which I’m pretty good at) gave me a faint sweet smell and not the usual dead lab frog odor I’m used to. Here’s what I’ve done so far…</p><p>Hot water test- faint sweet smell, gone quickly</p><p>Touch- smooth when dry, slightly tacky when heated</p><p>UV- I’m terrible at distinguishing glow but I’d inert, def not glowing like my uranium glass. </p><p>Baking soda- dark Orange hinting towards red</p><p>Simi test- very dark Orange almost brown</p><p>Sound- more like marbles knocking together with a midrange clickish clunk than the ting you get with jade bangles. </p><p>Salt water- didn’t float but I may not have had enough salt. </p><p>No seams but two beads have some kind of line impression that’s only on one side and doesn’t go end to end, so maybe improper storage in heat? Def looks rod cut with marbled swirl through the bead. I’ll upload the photos but forgive the quality please. My MS is in a flair and my hands have decided to go on vacation without me. </p><p>Any help is appreciated. I’m trying to get my collection cataloged for my adult children so it doesn’t all end up back at the Goodwill someday!</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/sMHFBw8k" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://postimg.cc/sMHFBw8k" rel="nofollow">https://postimg.cc/sMHFBw8k</a></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/gallery/tPChTdG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://postimg.cc/gallery/tPChTdG" rel="nofollow">https://postimg.cc/gallery/tPChTdG</a></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/sMHFBw8k" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://postimg.cc/sMHFBw8k" rel="nofollow"></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Geemah, post: 9433369, member: 81184"]Hello my people! I’m a recovering jewelry hoarder and I fell off the wagon…more like I threw myself off and rolled to the Goodwill. I found these awesome butternut squash colored beads being sold as Bakelite (yep, my Goodwill found Ebay and now tests their jewelry to price it accordingly). Against my better judgement, I got them although in the hand, they felt lighter than I expected. They're warm to the touch and the rub test (which I’m pretty good at) gave me a faint sweet smell and not the usual dead lab frog odor I’m used to. Here’s what I’ve done so far… Hot water test- faint sweet smell, gone quickly Touch- smooth when dry, slightly tacky when heated UV- I’m terrible at distinguishing glow but I’d inert, def not glowing like my uranium glass. Baking soda- dark Orange hinting towards red Simi test- very dark Orange almost brown Sound- more like marbles knocking together with a midrange clickish clunk than the ting you get with jade bangles. Salt water- didn’t float but I may not have had enough salt. No seams but two beads have some kind of line impression that’s only on one side and doesn’t go end to end, so maybe improper storage in heat? Def looks rod cut with marbled swirl through the bead. I’ll upload the photos but forgive the quality please. My MS is in a flair and my hands have decided to go on vacation without me. Any help is appreciated. I’m trying to get my collection cataloged for my adult children so it doesn’t all end up back at the Goodwill someday! [URL]https://postimg.cc/sMHFBw8k[/URL] [URL]https://postimg.cc/gallery/tPChTdG[/URL] [URL='https://postimg.cc/sMHFBw8k'][/URL][/QUOTE]
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