Amber

Amber is a semi-precious jewel which is remarkable for its translucent beauty, intriguing inclusions, and age. Amber was created by fossilized resin from pine trees which grew over 50 million years ago. Climactic changes during this period made the conifer trees to exude big amounts of resin which were later pushed underground. The resin from the trees was washed out of the forest floor by large rivers and transported south towards the sea. In the course of time, over millions of years, the resin was transformed to amber due to a processes of polymerization and oxidation. Today, approximately 90 percent of all amber in the world has been found in the Baltic region in Northeastern Europe.