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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 639716, member: 2844"]Insects are only occasionally found in amber. About 99% of insects in amber and amber lookalikes are put there by fakers. Imo your bracelet is a fake, sorry.</p><p>The poor insects could have been trapped in lucite, I don't know if that is one of the materials fakers use, they use so many. I prefer to steer well clear of that kind of thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an article on some of the fakes:</p><p><a href="https://www.amberpieces.com/fake-amber-fossil-inclusions.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amberpieces.com/fake-amber-fossil-inclusions.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.amberpieces.com/fake-amber-fossil-inclusions.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 639716, member: 2844"]Insects are only occasionally found in amber. About 99% of insects in amber and amber lookalikes are put there by fakers. Imo your bracelet is a fake, sorry. The poor insects could have been trapped in lucite, I don't know if that is one of the materials fakers use, they use so many. I prefer to steer well clear of that kind of thing. Here is an article on some of the fakes: [URL]https://www.amberpieces.com/fake-amber-fossil-inclusions.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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