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Re: Faturan? -- Fionna | Post Reply | Edit | Forum | Where am I? |
For the most part, the "story of Faturan" is presented as an impossible fable (if only because the time presented is 100 years too early).
Without exception, the beads I have seen that were being misrepresented as "Faturan" were (I am confident) merely European cast phenolic plastic beads. I do not refer to these products as "Bakelite" for reasons I have explained many many times.
I cannot identify your beads from a photo. But I can recommend that you perform the rub test, brine test, and hot-needle test—and perhaps you will have a more-clear idea what your beads consist of.
Here's a link from 2006: http://beadcollector.net/cgi-bin/anyboard.cgi?fvp=/openforum/&cmd=iYz&aK=41103&iZz=41103&gV=0&kQz=&aO=1&iWz=0
Jamey
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