I want to make sure you understood my point.

What I wrote a couple of days ago was that certain dealers (one of whom I named) in the 1970s, when it became clear that the "amber" they were selling was not amber—they devised a selling strategy, by saying these beads "are culturally amber," because the previous owners believed the beads were amber (and many still do).

This was NOT a recommendation to start using that phrase. (God forbid.)

I would guess that some of the beads you show might actually be amber. Some are most likely phenolic plastic and thermolabile plastic (the pale oblates).

Jamey