Resin, Red, Possibly Faturan, Small Barrels, 12x12mm, 2 Marked with Black, Set of 5 Beads
SKU: ORR-267
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Description
- These beads are priced and sold by the set of 5
- Small red resin barrel shaped beads 12x12mm, two with black markings
- Faturan is brand name (like Bakelite) for a phenolic thermosetting resin, named for a Saudi chemist believed to have invented this variant.
- A factory in Hamburg, Germany produced the beads and exported them mostly to East Africa and the Middle East starting around 1910.
- All phenolic thermosetting resins oxidize, taking on a darker color with age. Faturan has the wonderful characteristic that it always turns red with oxidation, regardless of the original color. From this came the name "Cherry Amber" used for red amber beads in Turkey and other parts of the Middle East. It certainly fits these beads
- Production of Faturan and other resins made in Hamburg slowed in the 1940s due to wartime supply shortages, and ended when Hamburg was devastatingly firebombed by the Allies in July of 1943.