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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JewelryPicker, post: 9796958, member: 20513&quot;]I’ve never been steered wrong by a tube of simichrome.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>though, I suppose I wouldn’t know if the simichrome yielded a false positive (or negative) because I trust it immensely </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, that’s my first and only test for Bakelite.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Although I never tried the “dipping it 70°c water for 23 seconds at midnight on the 2nd full moon after the vernal equinox and see if it balances on the head of a pin pointed at 65° off magnetic north” test</p><p><br /></p><p>I hear that one is pretty accurate too</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I jest.&nbsp; I’ve always been amused by the variety of off the wall “tests” that are floating around the interwebs, for everything from Bakelite to pearls to gold and dinosaur eggs![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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