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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10188686, member: 2844&quot;]A plastic of some sort. Probably with chemicals that are prohibited in the EU, as usual with Chinese (beep).<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The UV test doesn&#039;t say anything about the material, only about the colourant used. In cases like this it is the colourant that fluoresces, not the material. There are several threads on the Jewelry Forum that discuss this phenomenon in yellow plastics and related colours.</p><p>Many threads on the forum also show how difficult it is to ID amber.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rubbing to get a static result is another one that is inconclusive. If I take off my sweater when the heating is on high, it is also static. I don&#039;t have any amber sweaters.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Now, if you rub to see if you get a pine smell, that is another story. In that case you have a bigger chance to get close to an ID. The pine smell is one of the characteristics of Baltic amber, and also some other amber types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since this isn&#039;t a necklace with silver beads to weigh down the amber, a better test would have been the salt water test. Amber floats in salt water.</p><p>The proper ratio water-salt can be found somewhere on the Jewelry Forum, I don&#039;t know it by heart. In this case you don&#039;t have to bother, but maybe something to remember for next time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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