Gems, Precious Stones, Precious Metals - Amber Amber - Gem Color 1 - #FFBF00
Amber is fossilized tree resin (not sap), which has been appreciated for its
color 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 as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk
medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis
of 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
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Shown is Amber pendants made of modified amber | |
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