AMBER
Amber, the most sweet cosmic beauty in the crystal world, belongs to a small class of organic gemstones such as Pearls. Amber is a biological product of nature, a protective resin that was extracted from living trees in dense prehistoric forests & petrified over millions of years. Contrary to the common belief, Amber is not found only on the Baltic coast, but also in forests & valleys where the ancient ocean once splashed. The oldest Amber comes mainly from the Baltic region, primarily from Russia, Poland & Lithuania, but also from Chiapas in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Burma & more recently Sumatra in Indonesia. The most beautiful & highly valued Amber is mined in Kaliningrad, Poland, Haiti & the Dominican Republic. Other deposits are located in North Africa, Canada, Romania, Italy, Ukraine, Germany, Caribbean, Lebanon, Jordan, France, America, India, Borneo, Philippines & China. Amber is represented in wide palette of colors, there are about four hund