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Polish Baltic Amber Jewelry

Amber, the gold of the Baltic sea, is actually tree sap that has fossilized for millions of years in the bottom of the Baltic sea. The first pieces of amber were found on the beaches of the Baltic when they washed ashore. Amber was very prized from ancient times and was found in Archeological sites dating as far back as the Paleolithic times, it is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey and was worn by the wives of the Roman emperors. For a while in the middle ages amber was more expensive then gold.

For a long period, before deep water mining of amber began all the amber available were pieces that washed ashore.

Beside having aesthetic value, amber is prized for it's healing abilities. Many amber pieces have small insects inside. Insects that got trapped when the sap engulfed them and then became fossilized. Today amber pieces with air bubbles or insects inside are highly prized.

Amber comes in many colors and shades from the best known honey color to darkish almost black version, green, yellow, lighter and darker shades of brown and even white. Often times a nugget of amber will have over a dozen of colors and shades.

Amber is Poland traditional jewelry and the art of making it dates generations. Gdansk, lying on the Baltic shore is the international center of amber with many workshop making amber Jewelry. The amber offered here comes from these Polish workshops. We are proud to present here a selection of what we believe is some of the most unique and original creations in Amber today.

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