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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 954078, member: 2844&quot;]Copal is not amber. There is an enormous age difference, and the regions where copal is found are generally not those where amber is found. KSW&#039;s items are both Baltic amber, with the warm colours caused by the source, conifer resin, and 3-8% succinic acid. Copal is not found in the Baltic.</p><p>Copal from countries where most copal is sourced, in the Americas, comes from resin from deciduous trees, with a lower percentage of succinic acid. It has a very slight greenish tinge.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;amber countries&#039; have very strict rules about what is and isn&#039;t allowed to be called amber.</p><p>Copal being sold as amber is a real problem among bonafide amber sellers as well as jewellery and fossil collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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