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An ant inside Baltic amber Unpolished amber stones. Amber is fossilized tree resin. Examples of it have been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, [1] and worked as a gemstone since antiquity. [2] Amber is used in jewelry and as a healing agent in folk medicine.
Open pit amber mine in Kaliningrad, showing the lithology of the Prussian Formation, the source rock of Baltic amber. In situ Baltic amber is derived from the sediments of the geological formation termed the Prussian Formation, formerly called the "Amber Formation", with the main amber bearing horizon being referred to as "Blue Earth", so named due to its glauconite content.
1962 - Einar Fehrn's son, Søren Fehrn entered the company where he began grinding and polishing amber pieces. 1965 - House of Amber opened its first workshop with one employee; 1980s- The company began focusing on refining the production of amber jewelry. 1988 - House of Amber opened a branch in Gdansk, Poland with 16 employees.
The Palanga Amber Museum (Lithuanian: Palangos gintaro muziejus), near the Baltic Sea in Palanga, Lithuania, is a branch of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art. It is housed in the restored 19th-century Tiškevičiai Palace and is surrounded by the Palanga Botanical Garden .
Amber is used in jewelry. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. ... Baltic amber (101 P) Burmese amber (98 P) C. Canadian ...
Small amounts of Baltic amber can even be found outside the Baltic region, for example on the coastline of the south east of England. [2] However, about 90% [3] [4] to 98% [2] of all output of amber has been produced in the Sambia region (now a Russian exclave, formerly in Eastern Prussia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth). [2]