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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2495805, member: 2844"]It is pressed reconstructed amber. So originally several pieces of genuine amber, heated and pressed together.</p><p>The little floating sea urchin looking things are small pockets of air trapped in the amber. That can occur naturally, but when there are this many it is a sign of pressed amber. The visual effect is sometimes called spangling, because they reflect the light like spangles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2495805, member: 2844"]It is pressed reconstructed amber. So originally several pieces of genuine amber, heated and pressed together. The little floating sea urchin looking things are small pockets of air trapped in the amber. That can occur naturally, but when there are this many it is a sign of pressed amber. The visual effect is sometimes called spangling, because they reflect the light like spangles.[/QUOTE]
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