The gentleman at the jewelry store seemed to know less than I do, unfortunately. One of his comments was, "Those aren't worth very much, the only amber that is valuable is museum quality amber that has insects in it." Which made me want to ask, "Then why did one of your people look at my photograph and ask me to wait until next Tuesday to come in?" Oh well. I'll probably end up making them into a necklace for my wife. I'm an artist, I make art,and I excel at any medium. I'm also gonna do some looking around and see how much it would cost to have a bead professionally analyzed. I'm also going to dig deep into the internet and see if I can find anymore that have been faceted and sized in a similar fashion.
Thanks again to everyone for all your comments and insight. Great site too!