Wooden Hand Carved dragon beads, turquoise, coral bead and amber real or not

[mimiwells]

I need your thoughts bought a bag of jewelry for peanuts,,,there are some hand carved wooden beads on this necklace that appear to sport Chinese dragons?   But I could be wrong,  There are also some turquoise colored beads, some coral? and possibly some amber?  Your thoughts are they real or not, your opinion is important as I know literally nothing about this...

[matias123456]

Hi, the coral beads are dyed bamboo coral-something you see in more recent jewelry. The turquoise looks like they might be genuine stabilized Chinese turquoise-although it's a little hard to tell without more closeup photos. Now for the amber...with amber there is a lot of possibilities. First there are the imitations (resin and plastic), then there is the almost-but-not-old-enough amber (copal), and then there is modified amber (amber pieces pressed together and/or heated), and lastly there is your real amber (e.g. Baltic amber). It's a little hard to tell from the photos but it looks like it could be either pressed amber or copal but there is a chance that it could still be resin.  

[mimiwells]

Thanks so much off to look further.

[clearsphere]

Nice find! My recent bag o' jewels was meh at best! Though one I got last week was good. Most thrifts sell by the piece round here.

[mimiwells]

I like the wooden beads they have carved dragons on them, even if it is newer, I like the beads...

[kpamber]

It looks like it is pretty new, and likely the components of it are not of any particular value, but it is still very pleasing to the eye, and that's important!  I love the combination of turquoise, coral, and amber, and the wooden beads.  It's a piece that would be fun to wear.  It doesn't need to be vintage or antique to look nice!

[rixstuff]

Put some acetone (nail polish remover) on a Qtip and run it over the various beads.  See if dye comes off of the turquoise or coral.  See if the amber dissolves.   See if NOTHING happens with the dragon beads.

[matias123456]

Ah, yes that's a good way to test for dyes on gemstone. But just be careful with the amber beads. Nail polish has a reputation for damaging copal (immature amber which is often sold as real amber) by dissolving the surface polish. Nail polish is often used as a test to determine genuine amber from copal because real amber will not react to the nail polish. 

[matias123456]

*I meant nail polish remover

[mimiwells]

Okay so used the nail polish remover, nothing came off with the red beads, or the turquoise colored ones, or the dragon beads, nor is the finish changed on the amber, but upon closer inspection I see a couple areas of the amber colored stuff, that looks like it may have been chipped.  I am just going to list this as multi colored faux turquoise, faux amber and faux coral beaded necklace.  Not sure it will sell or not...lol, but this is way above my pay grade.  Thank you all for your help and information.     🙂