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Old 02-22-2011, 12:15 AM   #19
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Default Re: Show them to me, pipes that is!

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Originally Posted by Wallbright View Post
No it has a metal one. I wish it had a bone one as those are really neat. I was told it was real amber but I don't know how to verify because of the metal tenon. Some of the tests I have read about are putting it in salt water, true amber floats, burning it, true amber drops like incense but this is a pipe stem so I won't be doing that haha, and wiping a solvent on it, true amber does not dissolve when in contact with most solvents, again this is a pipe stem so I don't want to harm it. If you know of any other way to tell I am all ears.
No, I have never been lucky enough to acquire one myself.
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