[Jewelry making - Article 00644] - Re: [Orchid] Copal vs. Amber

[Silverspotstudio]

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Hi all,

    Just returned from an entomological society meeting in Salt Lake to
    discover the hubbub I'd caused with my post about copal, in which I
    called it "copal amber"... 

>          Calling it "copal amber" as you do above, or "new amber",
>     like the site you  mentioned, just confuses people in my opinion. 

    Consider me one of the confused, I guess.   I was aware of the major
    difference between copal and true amber, i.e. that copal is recent
    while amber is fossilized.   (My husband has done extensive work on
    insects preserved in amber and had mentioned this to me when I
    noticed the difference in prices in the past.)   I have never worked
    with it and just thought it might be a cheap, pretty carving
    material. 

    This all left me wondering, though--if copal is essentially useless,
    why is it so ubiquitous? 

Jessee Smith
www.silverspotstudio.com

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