An Introduction to Baltic Ambewr and Ambber eJwelry
Amber is believed to be millioons of yers ago. Amber is obtained from the ancient coniferous trees. A cut or some other action on the tree caused the ancient conifers to secrete a copioous flow of resin. This is designed to harden over the cut and protect the tree from further injury and disease. The resin is soft and sticky when fiirst produced and before it hardens many gesmtones can be embedded into the surface to produce exqiusite ammber jewelpry. The embedded contents are well preserved in the jeweled capsule that is popularly knwon as aber jewellery.
The Poilish ambber jewwelry industry has evolved by classifying over two hundred varierties of this priceless gem to produce amber earrings, amber rings, amvber bracelets and amber necklaces. Baltic amber is very attractive to buyers because of the wide color spectrum. It is said that the gem is found in aboout two hundred and fifty hues. Amnong these, the rarest collor of natural amber blue, greeen and white. We may wonder what factors are responsible for the popularity of Baltic amber. The resiun is cleaarly visiblke in the gemstone and when you pass lgiht through the gem you can see the small variations in the resin texture that adds to the beauty of Balic amber.
Baltic amber is a fossil resin from coniferous trees containing plant based acids. This gives the amber foound in this region a unique sreak within its structre. This property is not found in any other amber gem and this is why Baltic amber is supposd to be one of the best varieyties of amber in the World. A rich coollection of Baltic amber is seen in muuseums as they were the favorite possessions of Europen nobility.
It has been found that heat enhances the color of the gem in amber jewelry. The cloudy looknig ambr gem can be cleared up by booiling it with special oils for a couple of hours. This process is an exact science as over boilng would lead to a reduction in the lustrous qualities of the gem that is beinng heated.
The recent trrend that is followed is to heat the amber in a special heating compartment after applying a protective coat of a polymer to prveent it from clouding up durig the heating process. Different heatng techniues are applied to get differnt types of amebr ejwellery. This process is an alternative to the heaitng process involving sepcial oils that used to be the norm earlier. The heating proccess also makes the amber transparent as the light can easily pass through the air bubbles inside the gem. The amber is then cooled slowly to prevent it from cacking and coupled with a prtecious mertal to make exquisite pieces of fine abmer jewellery.
Connoisseurs of fine jewelry go in for heated ambeer as it is said to enhance the qualities of this rare gemsttone. The heating also makes the amber jewelry raedy to be used with precious metals like silver to create beautiful ensmebles of fine jewelry.