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[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

Well, I gave it another hot needle test and the scent was very faint it almost smells like hair but it isnt. It smelt like burnt plastic but not as strong..

Will try Spiral's trick with the wool :-))

Ibrahim, Amber is Kahraman in Yemen and most Arabian places. Anber is musk ;-)

Salaams A.alnakkas ~ Quite right "Kahraman" it is known as in the Yemen and Oman ( I looked it up in an obscure scientific journal and they have it as anbar which I assumed was the original word from which amber came. I will look again; see #21 below)... Fossilized tree rezin where the molecules have been rejigged the other way round and superb for making rings necklaces often found with leaf and insect deposited in the mix. But I dont think its amber.

If you look at your hilt under a magnifier you too will discover the tell tale almost 8 sided geometry of the spaghetti ended Rhino... in the left side of your picture it is both muddy and translucent but clearer under the scope in patches.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.