Comments on: I Need One Of These http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/ Like a valley next to a mountain, like the sunshine after the rain; life is much more with some contrasts. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:31:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mr. Blue Amber http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-7754 Mr. Blue Amber Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:30:01 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-7754 oh...and I almost forgot: Blackberry Fan (sorry, I use Palm) It is the true blue amber that changes the color when it is in the sunlight. It needs the UV components to radiate blue. The fake blue amber is solid blue and is blue in any light, because it is just colored but not natural. oh…and I almost forgot:

Blackberry Fan (sorry, I use Palm) It is the true blue amber that changes the color when it is in the sunlight. It needs the UV components to radiate blue. The fake blue amber is solid blue and is blue in any light, because it is just colored but not natural.

]]> By: Mr. Blue Amber http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-7655 Mr. Blue Amber Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:06:20 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-7655 Patty Rice writes in her Book<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=g6NVVpqhixIC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA349&dq=amber+boiled+in+the+fat+of+a+suckling+pig&source=bl&ots=nzLmMqZAGy&sig=TZiGmWxOErensKB6rAu2miUfIkc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA342,M1" rel="nofollow"> "Amber Golden Gem of the Ages" </a> about "German Amber": that in the 1970 amber dust was mixed with Polyester and they got so good that normal test (hot needle test etc.) would not reveal the fake. From the 1960 on Germany imported much amber from the Dominican Republic (See: <a href="http://amberlady.com/article.htm" rel="nofollow">The Amberlady </a>) to be to be worked. So, if someone got "German Amber" from those years, it might well be that kind of material. Patty Rice writes in her Book “Amber Golden Gem of the Ages” about “German Amber”: that in the 1970 amber dust was mixed with Polyester and they got so good that normal test (hot needle test etc.) would not reveal the fake. From the 1960 on Germany imported much amber from the Dominican Republic (See: The Amberlady ) to be to be worked. So, if someone got “German Amber” from those years, it might well be that kind of material.

]]> By: Mr. Blue Amber http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-7647 Mr. Blue Amber Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:56:43 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-7647 Thank you. This helps. How do you write it in Arabic? By the way...in Egypt they call it different, it seems A friend from there just writes: [ kahrab (or kahraba) is a very meaning to electrify kahrabaa is a word that originally means amber, but is now exclusively (as far as I know!) used in the sense of electricity. The word commonly used for amber is "kahramaan" ] German Amber? What might this be? German shops and galleries comes almost exclusively from Poland; it is estimated that Polish jewelery share in the market is as high as 99%. Germany itself produces almost no amber jewelery. Careful: The German market also has companies which sell imitations as amber products: “Not everything called amber is amber in fact,” warns German geologist and amber inclusion specialist Dr Wolfgang Weitschat of the Geological-Paleontological Institute, University of Hamburg. “Better and better imitations made of artificial materials and are constantly appearing on the market.” Another problem is the lack of awareness on the part of the customers, for whom "natural amber" and "real amber" are usually the same. They are not. It is just a way how Baltic amber producers trick unaware customers into buying industrialized and treated amber that could be made of amber dust or amber residuals and clippings or low grade, dirty amber which is artificially enhanced (melted, colored, cleared). Thank you. This helps. How do you write it in Arabic?

By the way…in Egypt they call it different, it seems A friend from there just writes:
[ kahrab (or kahraba) is a very meaning to electrify
kahrabaa is a word that originally means amber, but is now
exclusively (as far as I know!) used in the sense of
electricity. The word commonly used for amber is "kahramaan" ]

German Amber? What might this be?

German shops and galleries comes almost exclusively from Poland; it is estimated that Polish jewelery share in the market is as high as 99%. Germany itself produces almost no amber jewelery. Careful: The German market also has companies which sell imitations as amber products: “Not everything called amber is amber in fact,” warns German geologist and amber inclusion specialist Dr Wolfgang Weitschat of the Geological-Paleontological Institute, University of Hamburg. “Better and better imitations made of artificial materials and are constantly appearing on the market.”

Another problem is the lack of awareness on the part of the customers, for whom “natural amber” and “real amber” are usually the same. They are not. It is just a way how Baltic amber producers trick unaware customers into buying industrialized and treated amber that could be made of amber dust or amber residuals and clippings or low grade, dirty amber which is artificially enhanced (melted, colored, cleared).

]]> By: Mishary http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-7621 Mishary Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:09:08 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-7621 <strong> Mr. Blue Amber</strong> if you want the right word for the dominican blue is "Amber" but in Kuwait and all the arabian country we dont use the word amber instead we call it Kahrab like we say blue kahrab we even call the royal yellow amber "German Amber" which refers the top of the royal amber. Mr. Blue Amber if you want the right word for the dominican blue is “Amber” but in Kuwait and all the arabian country we dont use the word amber instead we call it Kahrab like we say blue kahrab we even call the royal yellow amber “German Amber” which refers the top of the royal amber.

]]> By: Mr. Blue Amber http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-7620 Mr. Blue Amber Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:24:04 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-7620 Mishary: You write about Kahrab "they call it amber". Please help me to understand since I want to use the right expression. (I am German, and we call it "Bernstein" = burning stone). I am often confused with the way the English language transforms foreign words and misuses them in an awkward way. But, I looked up the word Kahrab in an English dictionary and could not find. Whereas "Amber" refers to the fossilized tree resin (see: Wikipedia). As adjective, it is also used as color description. But I am fully aware that the whole thing is wrong, because it is just a misuse of an Arabic word mentioned by <a<q cite="http://www.geocities.com/pieterderideaux/abu_zaid.html"> Abu Zaid al Hassan </q> for Sperm Whale puke. (see also our <<q cite="http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2007/08/20/the-rock-that-floats/">Blue Amber Blog </q> So, now we are in a fit. Should we use Kahrab ... or the obviously "wrong" word "amber"? What is your suggestion? Anyone out there who could help? Thank you so much, Blue Kahrab lovers wherever you are ! Mr. Blue Kahrab Mishary:
You write about Kahrab “they call it amber”. Please help me to understand since I want to use the right expression. (I am German, and we call it “Bernstein” = burning stone). I am often confused with the way the English language transforms foreign words and misuses them in an awkward way.

But, I looked up the word Kahrab in an English dictionary and could not find. Whereas “Amber” refers to the fossilized tree resin (see: Wikipedia). As adjective, it is also used as color description.

But I am fully aware that the whole thing is wrong, because it is just a misuse of an Arabic word mentioned by <a Abu Zaid al Hassan for Sperm Whale puke. (see also our <Blue Amber Blog

So, now we are in a fit. Should we use Kahrab … or the obviously “wrong” word “amber”? What is your suggestion? Anyone out there who could help?

Thank you so much, Blue Kahrab lovers wherever you are !

Mr. Blue Kahrab

]]> By: bo haroon http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-7252 bo haroon Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:59:18 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-7252 yes go to soug il kabeer bil deera u will find plenty of shops there with everything u want a good person to contact with very high experience is bo-mohammed he has to shops next to each other his number is 2444333. tell him bo haroon sent us and he will show u some of his under the table collection with a good 10 to 20% discount on all rocks from german to blue amber.... hope this helps yes go to soug il kabeer bil deera u will find plenty of shops there with everything u want a good person to contact with very high experience is bo-mohammed he has to shops next to each other his number is 2444333. tell him bo haroon sent us and he will show u some of his under the table collection with a good 10 to 20% discount on all rocks from german to blue amber….
hope this helps

]]> By: Yousef M http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-6701 Yousef M Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:19:32 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-6701 Im looking for a place that sells this here in q8,, anyone can give me detailed directions. Plz Im looking for a place that sells this here in q8,, anyone can give me detailed directions. Plz

]]> By: Intlxpatr http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-6693 Intlxpatr Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:12:32 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-6693 Insects? Genuine amber? Gift from Dad? :-) (WOW) Insects? Genuine amber? Gift from Dad? :-) (WOW)

]]> By: Mishary http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-6689 Mishary Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:56:05 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-6689 <strong>Intlxpatr</strong> Thanks :) my favorite is the one with insects in it, its a VERY rare one :) Intlxpatr Thanks :) my favorite is the one with insects in it, its a VERY rare one :)

]]> By: Intlxpatr http://somecontrast.com/2008/09/13/i-need-one-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-6680 Intlxpatr Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:52:53 +0000 http://somecontrast.com/?p=1677#comment-6680 That is gorgeous! And expensive! :-) What a lovely addition to your collection. What is your very favorite one? That is gorgeous! And expensive! :-) What a lovely addition to your collection. What is your very favorite one?

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