Amber Malas

Real Amber Malas in 6, 7 or 8mm beads! We also offer simulated Amber, your choice. We at Sakura Designs, buy these from authentic, Baltic Amber Suppliers and we are trained to determine and test for Amber's authenticity. What to watch out for: Firstly, the faux amber has either circular diskette round inclusions and the plastic amber is flat and opaque. Secondly, the color is very regular and looks like plastic either clear or opaque, the beads often large, and the price "too good to be true." Sakura Designs offers only real, golden honey Amber beads, with natural inclusions and grain.

How we at Sakura Designs can appraise Amber- (Specific Gravity) There is a test to confirm that we are trading in authentic Amber. Amber will float in salt or ocean water. Copals together with various plastics sink. Amber can also be tested by burning, plastic will have a marked synthetic scent, and amber will burn black and smell organic and sweet as it is a light petrified resin. (Please don't burn your mala though!) We want to assure you that we are offering certified real Amber and it has been tested. Faux Amber has currently saturated the marketplace, and is being represented as real amber. Please trust only the experts before investing. We guarantee that ours is indeed, authentic amber...Enjoy!