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Hello everyone. I am not sure if I found the right place to post this question, so if I am in the wrong place, I'd appreciate someone guiding me to the right spot

I recently bought a jewelry lot that has many vintage pieces. I have never seen amber jewelry in person, far less owned it, and I am learning as I go.

This beautiful necklace was in the lot. Whether it is real amber or not, I really like it. But I would like to know what y'all think as far as real, faux, or something else.

Thank you!

 

it looks like it may be baltic amber.....
wait for others to weigh in..........

 

I saw others take pics with UV light so here are some more pics.

I noticed they look different under the light.

 

It looks like fused amber.

 

Reconstituted amber. But amber.

 

How to identify real baltic amber:
How to Identify Real Baltic Amber from Imitations or Fakes. (amberartisans.com)

 

That website is dire. Any that suggests a hot needle test is deranged. UV isn't even mentioned.

 

Love the warm honey-cognac colour.
It is either reconstituted or bonded amber. I suspect it is bonded, meaning real amber chips pressed in artificial resin. In the UV photos you can see the real amber chips as solid greenish yellow spots.

The official Baltic classification calls it bonded, but I believe it is called ambroid or amberoid in the US. (Sounds a bit painful to me.)

 

Below is a closeup of one of my Fischland pendants, with a 'polybern' bead, bonded amber in polyester, used in the GDR in the early-mid 70s.
You can see a similar solid coloured chip in the polyester on the right hand side. The whitish blob on the left is resin which attaches the bead to the pin.



The pendant, Brutalist silver and polybern:

 

Thank you all very much for your responses. I will do more research on the terms you provided such as bonded, reconstituted, and amberoid.
I'm assuming that beads in UV pics that are red/brown don't have any amber in them...?
I'm also wondering if you think it's older or newer...?
Thanks again

 

Yes, amber will glow/fluoresce under UV, other materials generally not. Fairly modern.