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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 292917, member: 2844&quot;]The only AK I can find is Allen Kee, a very different signature, though, and very different style.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cabochon could be egg yolk amber, did you test it in any way?</p><p>Here is info, don&#039;t use any of the invasive methods, of course.</p><p><a href="http://ethnicjewelsmagazine.com/the-identification-of-amber-and-its-copies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ethnicjewelsmagazine.com/the-identification-of-amber-and-its-copies/" rel="nofollow">http://ethnicjewelsmagazine.com/the-identification-of-amber-and-its-copies/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.green-crafts.com/content/how-recognize-genuine-amber" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.green-crafts.com/content/how-recognize-genuine-amber" rel="nofollow">http://www.green-crafts.com/content/how-recognize-genuine-amber</a></p><p>Egg yolk amber is one of the most sought after amber colours. It can have swirls. Here is a Baltic dark egg yolk amber cabochon in one of my Latvian brooches:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]94995[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Himalayan faux amber generally copies copal, which was used in old Himalayan jewellery.</p><p>Copal is half fossilized tree resin. It is a stage before it becomes amber, which is fully fossilized. It is sometimes called &#039;young amber&#039;. Like amber, copal can be opaque or translucent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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