Why Amber is So Special?

A Beautiful Jewel from the Ocean

Amber has a special beauty in its ability for each piece to be truly original in nature and content. It is indeed a beautiful gift from Mother Nature. Several popular gemstones possess quite numerous color varieties. None of them however, can compare with amber in this regard. It has thousands of color varieties. It often happens that a single stone is a natural composition of over a dozen different colors.

Beautiful amber is 10 times lighter than silver and almost 20 times lighter than gold. Amber can be excellently polished to obtain a gentle and noble sheen. A sheen which does not compete with the gemstones' natural range of tints, nor does it disrupts with its sparkle the form of the amber stones.

Prehistoric Life Forms Evidence in Amber

The treasures of life forms proved its existence through this long and really earth moving experience. Amber is therefore symbolic of life-giving energy. Amber is popular for thoughtful gift giving to the beloved ones. Amber has a meaningful message about life and survival.

Useful for Scientific Studies

Geologists and paleontologists are interested in amber because it is a fossil and for evidence of prehistoric life. Archeologists look at trade routes and the barter view of amber. Organic chemists investigate the physical and chemical properties. Botanists and entomologists examine the botanical sources of amber and embalmed insects and debris. Poets, writers, and artists look to amber for sunny inspirations. Gemologists and jewelers desire amber for its beauty and rarity. Curators and conservationists preserve and archive amber.

Long Life Expectancy

Baltic amber is known to have the longest life expectancy. Taking proper care of your amber will result in enjoyment for many years, sometimes thousands of years as seen with the recovery of jewels from the past. Amber varieties also differ in the degree of their translucency. From completely clear specimens, which were once used to make eyeglasses and lenses for kindling fire (by the focusing of sunlight rays), through varieties translucent in various degrees, to completely opaque stones, often of the white or ivory variety. Amber's great advantage is its lightness. This allows uncommonly large stones to be used in jewelry, which makes an impression of its dominance possible even when the weight of the stone does not exceed 20% of the total weight of the piece.

Beauty with a Good Sense of Touch and Smell

Amber gemstones satisfy not only the eye, but also the senses of touch and smell. Amber stones are always warm to the touch, and because of their negative static qualities they create a beneficial aura, which mitigates the impact of magnetic fields produced by most of the appliances around us. Necklaces and bracelets worn directly on the body, emit a delicate scent at body temperature, albeit below the sensitivity of the human sense of smell, but therefore unobtrusive while always there. Additionally, there is also the chemical impact of succinite's most valuable component: amber acid, a medicinal substance, which other fossil resins do not have.