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Amber Jewelry

Amber jewelry is created from a materially technically referred to as resinite. This is not fossilized sap, but fossilized tree resin. Since Neolithic times, the material has been valued for its appearance.

Ideally, amber jewelry will be created from high quality resinite. Often, animal or plant material may be a part of the jewels because it originally was so soft and sticky. Based on the chemical constituents of the material, it may fall into any of five categories.

Amber jewelry comes in a wide range of colors. Generally, the term is associated with a yellow-orange-brown color. However, it may range from white through yellow to brown and even a near black. Red or cherry amber is even possible, as well as a green variety. Blue amber exists as well. This latter type is very rare and widely sought.

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