Natural Baltic Amber

Since formed approximately 45 million years ago, Natural Baltic Amber has been appreciated for its unique beauty for thousands of years all over the world. Scientists claim it's in fact an organic substance coming from ancient pine trees that grew in Northern Europe at the time when climate got warmer.
In short Natural Baltic Amber is a fossilized resin thus it consists mainly of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Although not mineralized, it is often referred to as a gemstone. Now wonder, since the amber artisans are able to create breathtaking pieces of jewelry using techniques developed over generations. They put time, effort and the best handcraft knowledge to shape every item and enhance natural beauty of Baltic Amber.
Baltic Amber (photo credit: Wikipedia)
Extraordinary properties
The resin went through many processes till it could be called real amber. The final form of this kind of fossil has also some extraordinary properties:
- Amber floats in salt water (usually at temperature around 4oC), but sinks in fresh water.
- Amber is light, so amber jewelry can be worn comfortably.
- Baltic Amber contains up to 8% of succinic acid, which is considered to be a healing substance. Mainly because it activates cell metabolism and helps to overcome inflammation.
- Diversity of colors and shapes of the amber make it an unusual fossil. From white, all kinds of yellow shades to a beautiful and rare deep red cherry color.
- It has got low electrical and thermal conductivity.
- Colors of amber change due to the impact of light. This amazing feature makes amber jewelry so unique.
Other Names for Amber Stone
Synonyms: Allingite, Ambar, Ambroid, Ambroite, Chryselectrum, Glessum, Glesum, Lyncurium, Lynx-stone, Succinite
Names in Other Languages
Arabic:كهرمان
Asturian:Ámbar
Belarusian:Бурштын
Bosnian (Latin Script):Ćilibar
Catalan:Ambre
Czech:Jantar
Danish:Rav
Dutch:Barnsteen
Esperanto:Sukceno
Estonian:Merevaik
Finnish:Meripihka
French:Ambre
Galician:Ámbar
German:Bernstein, Agstein, Aidstein, Allingit, Ambroit, Grabstein, Succinit
Greek:Κεχριμπάρι
Hebrew:ענבר
Hungarian:Borostyán
Icelandic:Raf
Ido:Sucino
Italian:Ambra
Japanese:コハク
Korean:호박
Latin:Succinum
Latvian:Dzintars
Lithuanian:Gintaras
Low Saxon:Barnsteen
Norwegian (Bokmål):Rav
Persian:کهربا
Polish:Bursztyn
Portuguese:Âmbar
Romanian:Chihlimbar
Russian:Янтарь
Serbian (Cyrillic Script):Ћилибар
Serbo-Croatian:Jantar
Simplified Chinese:琥珀
Slovak:Jantár
Slovenian:Jantar
Spanish:Ámbar, Allingita, Ambroita , Succinita
Swedish:Bärnsten
Tamil:அம்பர்
Thai:อำพัน
Turkish:Kehribar
Ukrainian:Бурштин
Vietnamese:Hổ phách
Welsh:Ambr