Amber Stone (Barnsteen)

Amber Stone (Barnsteen)

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 Amber possibility is the oldest substance used by humans as jewelry. Jewelry made of amber found in northern Europe in 8000 BC Amber (the word is derived from the German word meaning "stone that can be burned") is like a stone that is often used as a women's jewelry, a pipe, a tobacco, and others. Most people do not know what it was exactly this stone, clear and amber is not a stone. Amber is formed during the Eocene era, or 50-70 million years ago.

There are two types of amber :

      1. Amber derived from organic substances from plants that were transformed into a kind of sap, is from prehistoric tree with the Latin name succinifera pine, spruce height is equal to today. This tree grows in the jungles European highway and over millions of years of dripping sap (a kind of resin) drop by drop which gradually petrified. Therefore immersed into the layers of the earth like minerals (minerals) others, he aligned with the type of mineral.

      2. The sap (resin) type of pine tree that was hit by a perfumed sea and drowned. When thrown to the beach again he named rock sea foam.

Amber Stone (Barnsteen)

Sometimes amber contains etheric oils commonly called oil or oil barnsteen amber or too barnsteenzuur. Amber that obtained in the excavation and on the beach the same quality. Value rigors 2 in the list of hard Mohs and have amorphous crystal structure and weighs heavier than water. If amber is heated it becomes soft and fluffy and delicious smells broadcast. Sometimes if it's too hot, it can burn out. Also if amber is rubbed with lijnolie become mushy or soft without crushed, easily folded so easily also made jewelery lady.If the amber is rubbed with a cloth, the amber will be magnetically and can attract small pieces of paper. Amber if immersed in water or alcohol will not be destroyed. Amber is composed of 79% carbon, 10% hydrogen and sulfur. Amber color from brownish yellow, golden yellow, light yellow, to yellow a little old. The whitish, lemon color, blue, red (called "cherry amber"), green and some are almost black. These colorful stone much sought after because of the uniqueness of the color.
 

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Amber often have inclusions such as insects and plants. Amber oldest ever found 345 million years old and in the oldest amber stones commonly found insects that lived 146 million years trapped in it. The animals were found trapped in amber in the form of flies, ants, wasps, scorpions, spiders, frogs, lizards and much more even plants like flowers, mushrooms, seeds can also be found in it. Because animal species found in this amber is no longer alive today, the inclusion-inclusion of these stones can make this a very valuable amber.

The content of large amber contained in the Baltic sea coast where the stone can be taken on the beach and shallow water after a big storm. In addition there is a large amount of deposits in Poland, and in small quantities in the Atlantic Ocean coast in the US and the Dominican Republic.

Amber relic believed if burned can clean up the air around especially at the time of delivery, this stone is also believed to nourish the eyes when viewed continuously.

Amber Stone (Barnsteen)