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Posted 8 years ago

boatsnavy
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Hello,

I came across a huge lot of beads at an estate sale this weekend. These stood out, and I am wondering if they are bakelite.

Thanks for your help,

Clay Hardman

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JSmed, 8 years ago
Stick one on it's end with a red hot tip of a pin. If it smells like ammonia it's celluloid, if it smells like an old overheating electric motor it's Bakelite. If it won't stick at all its glass.
boatsnavy, 8 years ago
Thanks, the smell I'm getting is overheating electric motor.
pebble, 8 years ago
They look very similar to my Grandma's old beads here (the yellow one). I still don't know what mine are, definitely not glass so I'm following this post with interest!
boatsnavy, 8 years ago
These are definitely not glass.
boatsnavy, 8 years ago
A few handfulls of these, and hundreds of assorted glass and ceramic beads.

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