BOLD GORGEOUS BALTIC AMBER RING STERLING SILVER

This beautiful ring takes you centuries back into the prehistoric forests of Baltic Sea!

Large strong honey yellow 18mm by 14mm pear cabochon cut Amber is bezel set in a gorgeous hand made heavy Sterling Silver (stamped 925) setting (7.55 grams). Beautiful rope and beads work around the setting.

Top portion of the ring is 3/4”L by 7/8”W.

This beautiful ring comes in size 7.

All gemstones are 100% GENUINE, mined from the Earth!

AMBER

Million years ago large stands of forests in some parts of the world began to seep globs of sticky resin! This aromatic resin oozed down the sides of trees, as well as filling internal fissures, trapping debris, such as seeds, leaves, feathers and insects. As geologic time progressed the forests were buried and the resin hardened into a soft, warm, golden gem, known as amber. Amber is the fossilized resin of ancient trees which forms through a natural polymerization of the original organic compounds. Most of the world's amber is in the range of 30-90 million years old.

Amber is known to mineralogists as succinite, from the Latin succinum, which means amber. Heating amber will soften it and eventually it will burn, a fact that has given rise to the name of bernstein, by which the Germans know amber. Rubbing amber with a cloth will make it electric, attracting bits of paper. The Greek name for amber is elektron, or the origin of our word electricity. Amber is a poor conductor of heat and feels warm to the touch (minerals feel cool). The modern name for amber is thought to come from the Arabic word, amber, meaning ambergris. Ambergris is the waxy aromatic substance created in the intestines of sperm whales. The substance is related to cholesterol and is formed to protect the sperm whale from the sharp beaks and stings of its major food source, the giant squid. Ambergris was used to make perfumes. Ambergris and amber are only related by the fact that both wash up on beaches.

Amber studies are truly interdisciplinary. Geologists and paleontologists are interested in amber because it is a fossil, evidence of prehistoric life. Archeologists look at trade routes and the barter view of amber. Organic chemists investigate the physical and chemical properties. Botanists and entomologists examine the botanical sources of amber and embalmed insects and debris. Poets, writers, and artists look to amber for sunny inspirations. Gemologists and jewelers desire amber for its beauty and rarity. Curators and conservationists preserve and archive amber.

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Overnight delivery available for $22.00.

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Sized rings or items altered in any other way CANNOT be returned.

You are welcome to exchange your return with any item on sale (no restocking fee applied).

15% re-stocking fee will be charged on all returns (unless there is an error in description). Shipping and insurance fees are not refundable.

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