Useful tips about buying amber

Buying amber from sellers that do not win our trust is risk; due to the fact that modern solidified resins are sold for amber. These compositions are detected only by the test of carbon 14, attesting the age of the fossil. But it costs about 2000 € and few are the ones who take this test.

Thus, solidified resins are sold as modern amber, even accompanied by certificates of authenticity, since with our senses we cannot distinguish the solidified resin from genuine amber.