Why buy Copal instead of amber?


There is a market for both, especially when the financial means do not match the taste or desire for beautiful jewelry. If the price is an important criteria, the customer might opt for copal

As long as the buyer is aware of it and knows what he buys, it might not be a problem.

New is also a combination of amber and copal. For obtaining excellent amber imitations which are difficult to identify are provided by pressing copal with amber and various additives: dyes and fragrances. The smell of copal is different from that of amber and would definitely be sensed by an amber jeweler while working on copal.

The producer of such a jewelry might reason that most of the old, Baltic amber on the market is not sold the way as it was naturally formed. Most of it is heat-treated to clarify the amber or produce a different color and sometimes quite attractive fractures in the amber (sun spangles).

At the end, it is the customer who is challenged to do some research before buying.






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