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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4365661, member: 2844&quot;]Not stupid, Hi, yes, it is the same. You can buy a small, cheap UV- flashlight (ultraviolet zaklampje) from a site like Marktplaats, or from your local hardware shop (ijzerwarenhandel).</p><p><br /></p><p>Another way to test for amber/barnsteen is to rub the stone vigorously with your thumb. If after rubbing for a minute or so your thumb smells of pine (dennegeur) it is amber.</p><p>Amber is fossilised tree resin. Copal is an early stage, when the tree resin starts to change to amber.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited: deleted copal as a possibility.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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