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Kahraman, an Arabic word for amber, is the name commonly used for the antique amber. Kahraman amber is usually in egg yolk, butterscotch or even darker shades, opaque or semi-translucent or opaque...Read More
Faturan, or faturan amber is an amberoid, namely a synthetic material imitating amber, invented in the late 1700's by the Egyptian chemist Faturan. The main reason for this invention, as with other...Read More
Misketa or mastiha or catalin, an amberoid material, has been invented (as the Faturan material) to be used in prayer beads, instead of pure amber. The reason for the invention of those materials...Read More