Oof, I don't know why I called them prayer beads in my post--I'm used to seeing them described as prayer beads or tesbih online, and wasn't...
...to use an eastern Mediterranean name for them. Those are often faturan or some sort of composite amber or copal. They might be real. I bet...
...comparing with those red Bakelite beads with "cherry amber faturan (red) beads" on Ebay. Go under sold and order highest first. There are...
New fakes of wannabe faturan/bakelite/amber are flooding the market zs we speak. Lots of them are teshbih I accidentaly got one in a lot of old...
Faturan is one of the most difficult materials to identify, and the later fakes don't help.:(
Thanks for explaining! I knew just enough to make me a danger in replying since I had seen similar things. Best to be quiet and learn!
it feels warmer than glass . How do i test those for bakelite?
...cold, do you mean as cold as glass? Did you test for Bakelite? Faturan is a mix of Bakelite and natural (fossil) resins like amber or...
i newer heard about Faturan. so thank you
...are tesbih/tasbeh, but I have never seen that kind of shading on Faturan, and they are not amber. I suspect they are some sort of plastic....
I believe they are prayer beads made of Faturan. This topic has come up before so you may have luck searching old posts while you wait for those...
Yes, acrylate, aka lucite or perspex. Not Faturan, simply fun beads.
I've seen beads like that. Faturan maybe?
Ok, ty!! I have so much to learn about this stuff. I appreciate the help
Faturan isn't that shiny, besides, the necklace isn't Turkish or Middle Eastern. That rules out amber.
What about faturan?
There's so much propaganda & hype re the mysterious origins of 'Faturan' it's like investigating JFK's assassination. It does sound like a...
Faturan doesn't have a darned thing to do with bakelite, except by accident. It's random ingredient plastic. But it's a cool lamp.
I am not a bakelite person, but I do love that yummy necklace.
There are man-made resin look-alikes out there...I bought one for $4, but even they sell well, sold it for $30. Wouldn't the cherry amber...
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