Parents whose babies AZ are teething are quite familiar with amber necklaces. However, people often end up buying fake ones because of how common they’ve become. Read on to find out how you can get to know if the necklace you’ve brought is the real deal!
Purchasing Authentic Amber Teething Necklaces
When an amber necklace comes in contact with the skin, the heat produced by the body releases a type of oil that contains succinic acid. When the skin absorbs this acid, it functions as a natural ibuprofen. It blocks the pain and reduces any inflammation.
For this reason, you wouldn’t want to purchase a teething necklace from a random place. The amber should come from the Baltic region since tests show that amber from the Baltic region has a higher amount of succinic acid than amber from other places.
Beware of Imposters
There are a few materials that are sold as authentic amber in the teething goods market when, in reality, they are far from the real thing. These common imposters include “copal”, which is basically adolescent amber that isn’t mature enough to be effective. However, it is commonly sold as amber.
Similarly, phenolic resins are used in the artificial amber beads while celluloid, glass, and casein (which happen to be plastic made from milk) are also sold as amber.
Also, beware of pressed amber, which are amber pieces fused together under very high pressure. In these instances, the succinic acid is also compressed, and the teething necklace is no longer effective.
Buying The Right Design
The necklace is going to be placed against your child’s skin beneath the clothes. For this reason, you need to make sure of the following:
The beads shouldn’t have jagged edges that can harm the skin
Every bead on the strand should be individually knotted
All the beads should be tied and threaded with numerous strands for unbreakable strength
All the materials used in the necklace should be completely natural
The clasp should be either a screw clasp or a pop-clasp.
Look at It Closely
Real Baltic amber has certain characteristics, which show that it is completely authentic. When buying an amber necklace, make sure that you see or feel the following:
The beads shouldn’t be round and each bead should vary in shape
The beads aren’t perfect, which means that you should be able to see tiny imperfections within the beads like air bubbles
The beads should be warm and not too smooth
The beads should feel light in weight
Testing Your Amber Necklace
Amber has some unique features so to find out if the amber necklace you have is real or not, you can try out the best authenticity tests for Baltic amber.
Remember, if you purchase a fake amber necklace, then it won’t be able to deliver the health benefits you wanted to get such a necklace for.
Salt Water Test
The Salt Water test is considered to be one of the most effective tests for identifying authentic amber from its imposters. For this test, you need around 7 tablespoons of salt along with one cup of water.
In the medium-sized cup, mix the water and salt until the salt is completely dissolved. Next, place the amber necklace in the water. If your amber is real, the necklace will easily float to the top of the cup while fake amber will sink.
This test isn’t recommended for jewellery that has metal in it; however, loose beads can be tested instantly.
Rubbing Test
Since Copal is often sold as amber, you can do the rubbing test to differentiate between the two. Real amber possesses electrostatic properties; therefore, it can attract dust or tiny pieces of paper when charged sufficiently.
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