Mineral Type - Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin, which has been appreciated for its colour and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects. Amber is used in jewellery. It has also been used as a healing agent in folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined based on their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions. Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ambrite is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams. Blue Amber is found in Indonesia. It is fossilized with an estimated age of 20 million years old. The colour is blue in natural light with the transparency being variable with sometime veil like internal features. This is purchased directly from the mines and 100% certified. Price is grade dependant.