Antique Amber - Nature's Beautiful Gemstone

Stones are the precious jewels in the world’s culture. Had anybody thought that the normal rocks that are found in coastal areas and mountains would provide the mankind with the most precious gemstones? During the 17 th century, the tribes of various nations cut these rocks and polish them in order to create these stones.

Talking about amber fossils, these were created with the help of some left sediments trapped in dripping the tree resins. Neither a crystal nor a mineral, it is a pure form of hardened sap of an ancient tree. Nobody thought that it would become such a fine and beautiful stone of the past.It is certainly due to million years of efforts put together in the geological evolution to create such Amber fossil. During resin secretion, amber does contain animals, plants matter, insects, spiders, webs, frogs, bacteria, amoebae, marine microfossils, woods, flowers, fruit and hair.

Nature’s most beautiful and the oldest gem to man commonly available in brownish-yellow Amber but also ranges from black, green, opaque white and tusk. The uncommon ones are blue amber and even, the cherry amber. Dominican amber is fluorescent is the rarest of all. It turns into blue color under the natural sunlight or any ultraviolet light source.

Any ground with abundant flora and fauna coupled with the geological region creates the best ground for such amber fossils. Its natural beauty makes it the best way to be used in jewellery. In the ancient times, it has been marked as a stone to promote good health and prosperity away from the evil spirits. Now a day, it is also used for constructing smoking devices and as an ingredient in perfumes even as a healing agent in folk medicines. Since the early times, amber is best used as a remedy to treat many diseases also like stomach, ears, eyes, teeth aches. It has been discovered that now it has been used in treating bladder linked diseases also along with bronchitis.

The World’s leading source of Amber is in Sam land coast west of Konigsberg in Prussia, where around 90% of the world’s extractable amber is still found. Formation of amber takes place by mining in either open works or underground. Are you found of gemstones? If yes, it is definitely a good choice to consider it in jewellery.

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