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Amber is a very ancient gem and known for thousands of years particularly around the Baltic Sea. It is proven to be one of the first exporting goods from that area to trade spices, salt and metals. Baltic Amber is composed of pine tree sap that has fossilized 40-50 million years ago. It has been treasured ever since pieces were discovered washed ashore, being freed by ocean currents from sedimentary deposits in the marine sediments.Amber has also been valued for it's assumed magical and medical properties.
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The gem was not only thought to protect the living, but also to speed up the journey of the soul after death. In ancient Scandinavia an amber talisman was placed in tombs along with other treasures to protect the soul during it's journey. Different ages of fossilized sap from many different treespecies are found around the world. Older finds date 200 million years e.g. smaller specimen from the Swiss Alps.
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Other good finds, partly with insect and even small lizard inclusions come from the Dominican Republic and Chiapas/Mexico. Sulfur inclusions causing a blue reflection can also be found in the carribean. Copal, more recent Amber (100-1000.000 years) is found mainly in Columbia, Southasia, Africas`s midwest and Madagascar. Copal can be reconstructed by heat and pressure and is today also commonly used in jewelry or reconstructed specimen. For our designs we use polished natural specimen from the Baltic and Chiapas.
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