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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3010401, member: 2844"]My teeth are probably not that good at picking up differences in hardness, I tried (for the first time) and amber feels hard against my teeth.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>For me the first way of seeing if something is amber is the temperature, it is not nearly as cold as other stones. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fluorescence on your stone looks like (Indian) carnelian to me. Carnelian is an important stone to the Chinese, it is pretty close to jade in their appreciation. I always love carnelian in pieces like yours, it goes so well with that blue and turquoise cloisonné enamel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3010401, member: 2844"]My teeth are probably not that good at picking up differences in hardness, I tried (for the first time) and amber feels hard against my teeth.;) For me the first way of seeing if something is amber is the temperature, it is not nearly as cold as other stones. The fluorescence on your stone looks like (Indian) carnelian to me. Carnelian is an important stone to the Chinese, it is pretty close to jade in their appreciation. I always love carnelian in pieces like yours, it goes so well with that blue and turquoise cloisonné enamel.[/QUOTE]
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