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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 853948, member: 36"]That back often gives it away. Weight will give away bakelite vs celluloid if nothing else. Bakelite weighs more than you'd think, and celluloid is very light. Galaith smells like rotten milk when you do a bakelite chemical test on it. Lucite just smells like plastic and weighs about like bakelite. The thing is always use chemical tests on the back of jewelry; you'd know that but some noobs have been known....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 853948, member: 36"]That back often gives it away. Weight will give away bakelite vs celluloid if nothing else. Bakelite weighs more than you'd think, and celluloid is very light. Galaith smells like rotten milk when you do a bakelite chemical test on it. Lucite just smells like plastic and weighs about like bakelite. The thing is always use chemical tests on the back of jewelry; you'd know that but some noobs have been known....[/QUOTE]
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