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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9424068, member: 78949"]Thank you, guys! No, I didn't do the float test, thought you might have seen something like this. will do it later. Actually, I have a string of apparent raw amber that is UV reactive but did not pass the float test, it is very densely strung though and thus is relatively heavy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, like nuts but much lighter and also not uniform, each nugget is quite different from the other, while nuts are rather uniform. Thought it could be some pieces of wood or something alike. It is absolutely opaque. And why is it strung with these glass beads?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Is wood UV reactive? I think I have somewhere a wooden bead necklace, will try and find it to see if it has the same glow and tint. </p><p>No, wood is not UV reactive, at least the wood I have. This thing has the same UV reaction as the rest of my amber,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9424068, member: 78949"]Thank you, guys! No, I didn't do the float test, thought you might have seen something like this. will do it later. Actually, I have a string of apparent raw amber that is UV reactive but did not pass the float test, it is very densely strung though and thus is relatively heavy. Yes, like nuts but much lighter and also not uniform, each nugget is quite different from the other, while nuts are rather uniform. Thought it could be some pieces of wood or something alike. It is absolutely opaque. And why is it strung with these glass beads?! Is wood UV reactive? I think I have somewhere a wooden bead necklace, will try and find it to see if it has the same glow and tint. No, wood is not UV reactive, at least the wood I have. This thing has the same UV reaction as the rest of my amber,[/QUOTE]
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