Quick tip: Is amber real

[EmmaRose]

Create a high saturated solution of salt in water. Amber will float. Fakes and close relatives (of amber not yours ;-) will sink....
Em

[mizgeorge]

Oooh! Just like testing for witches

[Emerald]

lol, good tip though some of the fakes are very clever i always used to burn the back of mine to see what type of smell they gave off, not a good idea at all.

[ps_bond]

Oooh! Just like testing for witches

Now all I need is a duck.

[EmmaRose]

Quaaaaccckkkk
:ROFL:

[kymbi]

A handy tip Em, thanks. I'm off to look for my amber now and give it a good dunking...

[Di Sandland]

and I'm steering clear of the lot of you

[Fiona]

Create a high saturated solution of salt in water. Amber will float. Fakes and close relatives (of amber not yours ;-) will sink....
Em

Woo hoo.. my fairly large bag of baltic amber chips float... obviously I didn't leave them in the bag

[Hart-Star]

If you can gene splice the DNA from any embedded insects into frog eggs and generate a series of dinosaur eggs then I guess it's not a fake (at least from the Hollywood point of view.)

Neil