Featured That huge amber chip necklace

Hi folks

decided to get some shots of the necklace just to get some info about it.
im presuming not too valuable as the amber is in rough form

not professionally made, just strung on a piece of cat gut

its mighty large though, and soo enjoying wearing it. looks great with an open shirt

looks like a mix of different types of amber

weighs 138 grams !!

any thoughts or info appreciated

 

I'd wonder about it being a souvenir piece.

 

Ebay seems to be flooded with big cheap amber necklaces, but it doesn't look right to me. copal ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30477880...lp:4429486&itmmeta=01HW3SR49B11J2J93NGR8RQ1JB

 

It looks like amber to me, and probably Baltic amber. It is nicer than most chip necklaces, because it has those butterscotch and egg yolk amber chips at regular intervals.

But you can test for copal. The easiest and safest test is UV light. Copal usually doesn't fluoresce, but if it does, it fluoresces white.
So no reaction or white = copal.

 

Local use, souvenir, export, the necklaces are the same.

 

thanks aj, sorry i should have worded that better, mine is defo amber, didn't even need to use a torch on it

its all those big cheap ebay ones that im wondering if they are copal or something else

they gotta be surely to sell so cheap

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30380520...lp:4429486&itmmeta=01HW5D3PT6FHM61168M4ENQK31

they seem to be selling like hot cakes as well !!

 

I believe those chip necklaces are basically by products and also “rejects” of stones too small to go in other pieces. They’re often sold on nylon thread to be used for crafting, same as garnet and other chips. I agree with aj, this is nicer than most.

 

No, as obb said, stone chips are by-products. Stone chip necklaces are waste-not, want-not necklaces. Not great sellers either.