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Amber

Clear or opaque, yellowish-brown or also green-bluish, with inclusions, sometimes polished and polishes or also processed - amber has many faces.

The gem stone of the popularity itself already big since centuries delighted, was before more than 50 million years, actually, a viscous liquid resin which dripped from trees and developed with the years to a steady amorphous mass.

The processing to ornaments and objects of art could be already proved for the time 10000 years ago. This art with the legendary amber room missing for many years which stimulates the imagination of treasure seekers still today reached a climax.
In the production of jewellery the processing industry does not count any more only on the natural product raw amber, but produces in a printing method the so-called pressed amber. Optically this is not to be distinguished from the original.

To find most seldom in the nature, blue amber is not his origin up to now finally could be cleared.

The genuineness of the amber reveals itself at the fact which he burns and swims in salted water on top.

Amber occurence is known in most European lands, but also in Africa, Asia and in Australia and Oceania this raw material seems for jewellery.

Nevertheless, the annual support amount from 700-900t, is processed only to the smallest part to amber jewellery.

His easy treatment and the use as a gem stone and remedial stone, for necklaces about bracelets up to earring and brooches make amber so popular.

The combination with silver is very popular since centuries and underlines the brightness of the amber jewellery, in addition. The inclusions of the stones provide beside the warmth also always interesting insights into the for a long time past times.