Amber is popular for silver jewelry in making for unique pendant designs.
Amber pendants are popular now as this gemstone is available in large sizes with beautiful golden honey hues so can be worn everyday with variety of clothing.
Pendants made with amber are striking and combination of silver does compliment the amber as amber set in gold jewelry looses its fire.
Pendants with heavy silver settings are popular and these designs can be made form cabochon amber to free form amber.
Amber can be from golden yellow to olive greens and different hues do make a Pendant unique in colours and style.
Amber is in fact a fossilized tree resin (some confuses resin with sap). Amber is an organic gemstone, which is not common in nature.
The oldest amber specimens identified dates to about 300 million years old.
Some of the earliest insect ecosystems in fossilized resin are from Lebanon dating from about 65-144 million years old.
The geological name for amber is “Succinite” from the Latin succinum meaning “juice”.
Amber has been used as adornment since 1100-8000 BC.20. Albumen amber, a simulated form of amber, has been around since the 1400's & was invented by Leonardo De Vinci.
Amber is ideal for jewellery making as includes plant and animal material inside the resin. The most sought after amber is the transparent, where you can clearly see all the animals/insects and plant life embedded in the resin.
Amber is a gemstone that aids in manifesting intellectual abilities. Amber also aids in bringing about clear thinking. When used as a jewellery amber helps bring patience and calmness. Amber is widely used for baby/children in healing past lives. Amber is widely used to aid in diminishing teething problems with babies.
