Precious and Decorative Stones

2019: No. 2 (96) CONTENTS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.53056/...

Amber or imitation?

О. Belichenkо
State Gemmological Centre of Ukraine

A. Turova
LLC World Amber Ukraine

Language: Ukrainian

Precious and Decorative Stones. No. 2 (96), 2019: 9–15

Abstract
Main types of natural and synthetic amber (succinite) imitations are described in the article and their classification, characteristics, gemological features and diagnostic methods are given as well.

Keywords: amber, copal, imitations.

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