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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4776132, member: 2844"]Treating amber is thousands of years old. It was done on an industrial scale in Yantarny, the main Russian amber mine, also during the USSR period. It is a completely acceptable way of making amber ready for use in jewellery or objet's d'art.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Nathalie said, the 'spangles' are a sign of heat-pressing. Most Baltic amber is treated in some way, but it is still natural Baltic amber.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4776132, member: 2844"]Treating amber is thousands of years old. It was done on an industrial scale in Yantarny, the main Russian amber mine, also during the USSR period. It is a completely acceptable way of making amber ready for use in jewellery or objet's d'art. As Nathalie said, the 'spangles' are a sign of heat-pressing. Most Baltic amber is treated in some way, but it is still natural Baltic amber.[/QUOTE]
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