Amber
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- Insect in Amber Gemstone
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- Amber Gemstone Cube
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- Amber Gemstone Crystal
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- Mixed Amber Gemstones
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- Natural amber
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- Insect in amber gemstone
| Refractive Index : 1.540 (+0.005 – 0.001) |
| Optical Characteristic : SR, ADR |
| Specific Gravity : 1.08 (+0.02 – 0.08) |
| Formula : [C,H,O] |
| Crystal System : Non-crystalline |
| Variety/Species : All |
| Species/Group : Amber |
| Birefringence : None |
| Dispersion : None |
| Hardness : 2 to 2.5 |
| Toughness : Poor |
| Ultrasonic : Never |
| Steam : Never |
| UV Long : Inert to strong |
| UV Short : Weak |
| Pleochroism : None |
| Strength : N/A |
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| Pleochroism Colors : None |
| Heat : Burns easily |
| Acids : Attacked by acids and/ or chemicals |
| Light : May darken with age |
| Polish Luster : Resinous to vitreous |
| Fracture : Conchoidal |
| Fracture Luster : Waxy to resinous |
| Clarity Type : N/A |
| Tones : N/A |
| Saturations : N/A |
| Cause of Color : Delocalized electrons on organic molecules |
| Enhancements : Heating, dyeing, heating in oil |
| Cleavage : None |
| Color Range : Red, orange, yellow, brown, white, greenish, bluish, yellowish orangy red, red-orange, orange-red, reddish orange, yellowish orange, orangy yellow reddish, orangy, brownish, whitish Sometimes greenish or bluish (caused by strong fluorescence). |
| Transparency : Translucent to opaque |
| Phenomena : None |
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| Separations : Amber from- Plastic: hot point, SG, RI (possibly)fluroscence (possibly)Citrine quartz: SG, optic character, magnification, hot piointChalcedony: SG, hot point, fracture Reconstructed amber: magnificationCopal: acetone (copal attacked in 2 to 3 seconds while acetone either doesnt affect of slightly attacks amber in 2 to 3 seconds) fluorescence (possibly) |
| Identifying Characteristics and information Amber is a fossilized resin.Gas bubbles, flow lines, insects, and other organic and inorganic inclusions.Has strong ADR, strain colors are common.Spangles visible in heat treated amber. |
| Spectral Data Not Diagnostic. |
| Trade Names and Misnomers Ambar AmberAmberoid (M) Ambroid Anbar Baltic Amber Bernstein Bone Amber Burmese Amber Burmite Cedarite chemawhite cloudy amber Domonician Amber Fatty Amber Foamy Amber Gedanite Massive Amber Pit Amber Pressed Amber Resin Roumanian Amber Scoopstone Sea Amber Seastone Siclilian Amber Simetite Stree-spangled amber Succinite Sun-spangled Amber Xyloretinite |
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