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Baltic Amber Pendant in cognac color with inclusions

Original price was: 80,00 €.Current price is: 68,00 €.
Baltic Amber Pendant in Yellow matt color
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Baltic Amber Pendant in Yellow matt color

80,00 105,00 
Baltic Amber Pendant in Yellow matt color
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Baltic Amber Pendant in Yellow matt color

90,00 115,00 

Necklace made of Genuine Baltic Amber in cognac color

Original price was: 120,00 €.Current price is: 102,00 €.

Necklace made of Genuine Baltic Amber in champagne color

Original price was: 120,00 €.Current price is: 102,00 €.

Multicolored Baltic Amber Necklace

Original price was: 120,00 €.Current price is: 102,00 €.

Necklace made of Genuine Baltic Amber in cherry color

Original price was: 120,00 €.Current price is: 102,00 €.
Baltic Amber Pendant in Yellow matt color
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Baltic Amber Pendant in Yellow matt color

105,00 130,00 
Handmade Baltic Yellow matt Amber Pendant
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Handmade Baltic Yellow matt Amber Pendant

120,00 156,00 
Handmade Baltic Yellow matt Amber Pendant
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Handmade Baltic Yellow matt Amber Pendant

120,00 156,00 
Handmade Baltic Amber Pendant in cognac color with inclusions
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Handmade Baltic Amber Pendant in cognac color with inclusions

125,00 161,00 

Amber

Amber is a resin fossil of coniferous trees of the Sciadopitidae family (Sciadopityaceae), which is more than 30 million years old, contains succinic acid and is a source of electricity. Amber is derived from molecular polymers resulting from the reaction of very high pressures and temperatures which are produced by the overlying sediments and convert the resin first into copal (a simple fossil). Then, the influence of pressures and temperatures, over millions of years, lead to the formation of amber. But there are other conditions for the creation of amber, such as that the original resin must be resistant to wear. There are many trees that produce resins, but in the majority their deposit is broken down by the physical and biological process.

Amber is not a mineral. The three elements Carbon, Oxygen and Hydrogen participate in its chemical composition with the following proportions: 67-87% Carbon, 15% Oxygen, 8.5-11% Hydrogen. Sulfur occurs in smaller amounts, 0.26% to 0.34%, along with 0.5% inorganic matter. Therefore the chemical formula of amber is not defined as it is a mixture of resins, but its average chemical composition is C10H160.

It has a hardness of 1.5 to 2.5 on the Mohs scale, which makes it very soft, and has a relatively low specific gravity of 1.05 -1.10. In practice, amber floats in salt water, but in the sea it neither floats nor sinks, while it can move whole miles in it. Baltic amber is thought to have originated from plants in the family Sciadopityaceae of the genus Sciadopitys that lived in Northern Europe.

It is found in colors from light blond to dark brown, black and very rarely green, red or blue, while it can be either opaque or transparent. The factors that contribute to its color are the tree from which the resin is derived, the pressures and temperatures developed during its geological life, the time it has been in the earth, and the impurities it contains outside of the resin.

The largest quantities of amber are mined in the Baltic region. The quantities we find are constantly decreasing and its value is constantly increasing. When micro-organisms are trapped inside the amber, its value is even greater, as it is rarely encountered.

The word kehrimpari (as we say amber in Greece) comes from the Turkish kehribar, which in turn comes from the Arabic word kahruba, which means: “that, which attracts straws”, apparently because of its well-known property of attracting light bodies, after previously rubbing it in a woolen clothing.

The ancient Greeks called it an electron. Thales of Milesius carried out experiments with it and observed the phenomena that today we classify as electricity.