| Original Message: Re: New to the forum but looking to collect beads can someone help me identfy these?? |
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Sorry! But,, I would advise you to be very careful about buying huge beads said to be amber or copal claiming to come from Africa! Many of these beads are actually phenolic resin (plastic). Genuine amber of this size and weight would sell for hundreds of dollars! There are beads called " Amber" that are made in Morocco of some mysterious material that have fooled many a collector including myself! I have a bag of it that I bought bead by bead over a period of time and I paid amber prices for it. Finally, one of my African dealer friends let me know that most of my amber collection was fake! On the positive side. I learned a great deal and probably will not buy amber again!
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