Amber beeswax is a natural gem, which will be excavated one day, so the price of this kind of gem will only rise rather than fall. Especially in recent years, amber beeswax stands out in the market, which not only won high praise from collectors, but also captured the hearts of many celebrities. Some big stars have played amber, which shows how high their attention is. However, worrying things will always happen. In order to make a profit, many black-hearted businesses pretend that resin, copal and even plastic are amber, which can be said to be impossible to prevent. Therefore, you must pay more attention to buying amber beeswax, and don't be greedy and cheap. In order not to let everyone be deceived, Bian Xiao summed up the following points based on years of experience for your reference.

1. The exhibition is suspicious.

Almost every year, there will be large-scale jewelry and jade exhibitions everywhere. The members of the exhibition are basically composed of domestic and foreign operators, providing all kinds of jewelry and jade products for Tibetan friends. However, don't think that there are no fakes in large-scale exhibitions. The bigger the exhibition, the looser the supervision. At a jewelry and jade exhibition, we found a lot of amber beeswax imitated by plastic, and the price was not low. Some consumers bought it when the price was right, but it was fake to take it back for appraisal, so it may not be true at the exhibition, but it depends on the appraisal certificate.

2. Foreign goods are suspicious

Many people like to bring back some "local products" when traveling abroad, or hold a mentality of "worshipping foreign things and obsessing foreign things". Foreign products must be genuine and cheap, but they are ruined. On one occasion, a customer bought blood amber at the Russian airport, which was equivalent to more than 800 RMB. The color was bright red and there was no impurity. After testing, it is a plastic product. Another customer traveled to Britain and took a fancy to the local old beeswax necklace. On the surface, each bead has a chip, but careful observation shows that there are tiny bubbles inside, which are very spicy when tied with a hot needle. After inspection, it was identified as a resin imitation. There are too many examples like this, so you should be careful when buying amber beeswax abroad. After all, it is very difficult to protect rights when buying fake goods abroad.

3. Cheap and suspicious

On one occasion, a customer won several strings of "shape-preserving beeswax" in one breath at the exhibition. On the surface, it looks exactly like beeswax. When I came back, I observed with a magnifying glass that there were still big bubbles inside, which were undoubtedly plastic products. According to this Tibetan friend, the price of each string is only tens of yuan, and now the lowest-grade beeswax costs tens of yuan a gram. At that time, my brain was impulsive when I was hot. Another lady bought a piece of beeswax with a price of 1000 yuan in China Science and Technology Exhibition Hall. If sold in the market, it is worth at least 4000 to 5000 yuan. She thought she earned it herself, but only after identification did she know it was plastic. Under the magnifying glass, you can see that there are round bubbles inside. According to her, I was so concerned about the price that I forgot to distinguish it carefully. Therefore, amber beeswax that is ridiculously cheap must be more careful. The cheaper, the more cautious. Merchants are not fools, you can easily take advantage of them, and there must be something unknown.

4. Perfect and suspicious

Now the counterfeiting technology is perfect, and the "gold-coated honey" imitated with epoxy resin has impeccable polishing degree and color. This kind of imitation is often used by merchants to bundle with real amber to achieve the effect of real amber, which is difficult for consumers to identify with the naked eye. Even friends who know that they bought fake goods rarely pursue them afterwards, just like paying tuition fees, so businesses are even more unscrupulous and don't even give you the real goods. If we encounter such a highly pure product when choosing amber beeswax, we must remain skeptical. If you are not sure, you can ask the merchant to show the appraisal certificate to stop asking for exorbitant prices. Or take it for identification. Generally, the appraisal price ranges from 30-50 yuan, which is very small compared with amber beeswax.

5. The certificate is suspicious

It is absolutely correct that "there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom". When you think that the appraisal certificate is the only guarantee, someone has forged the certificate through illegal institutions. A customer once bought two pieces of plastic imitation beeswax with a certificate and the words "Ministry of Land and Resources" on it. From the appearance, it is not much different from the ordinary certificate, but on closer inspection, it is different from the real certificate in color, font and workmanship, and has obvious liquidity structure. In addition, some certificates also define amber and beeswax as having the same name. You should know that beeswax is a kind of amber, and only "beeswax" will appear on the standard certificate, so the certificate is only a part of reference, so don't be overly superstitious.

6. This instrument is suspicious

The so-called document is a tool used to identify true and false. As we all know, recycled amber is a common amber imitation, which is made by pressing amber gravel, and the characteristic of powder pressing is relatively uniform. Because it is natural amber, it is only artificially combined, so it is the same as natural when it is identified by instruments. To identify this amber, you need to read more. Since it is suppressed, there will be defects, so don't listen to the merchant's word, the cover of any instrument testing, or the merchant's on-site instrument testing. These are all diversions for you to see.

7. The original ore is questioned

Now many Tibetan friends who think they are experts like to look for amber beeswax in the stalls near the jade market. Although they know there must be fakes, they always believe their eyes and think that the seller may be a small dealer who doesn't know the goods. They want to find the truth through their erudition, and then buy low and sell high. You can't walk to the river without wet shoes, but such Tibetan friends are the easiest to be deceived, because in order to sell well, these vendors will basically hang your appetite in the name of raw ore, then pretend that they don't know jade, further reducing your psychological defense, and finally let you die with a low-priced bomb. For example, a customer found someone selling Fushun mineral pearls at a stall. The seller said that it had just been dug out, and there was coal on it, and the skin did not fall off, so he bought a lot. As a result, he went back to check, and they were all plastic. It is necessary to give you a general understanding here. Raw amber has a characteristic, that is, it is extremely heavy on hand and its color is green, which is rarely known by ordinary vendors.

8.Bug questions

Everyone knows about bugs, right? My first impression is that amber, an article I learned in primary school textbooks, is wrapped by mosquitoes, like a beautiful fossil, and it is very dynamic. Because insects are very rare, and the price on the market is not low, it also gives unscrupulous merchants an opportunity to use the curiosity of consumers to make Coba resin into insects, and then offer a very low price to induce you to buy. Generally, people who know the market know that there are a lot of insects or larger insects in pests that need to be identified repeatedly, because such insects are very rare and can't be bought in the general market. Teach you a simple method. When you encounter such a bug, hold it tightly with your hands. If it's sticky, it's problematic.

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