Most gemstones come in one color, one shade only. Some gems come in a couple of different shades, but are basically the same color when you really get down to the specifics of it. While this is the case for basic gemstones, the classics such as those used as birthstones, there are other kinds of stones that come in a wide variety of colors, such as tourmaline or amber. While tourmaline is popular in certain areas of the country and there are only a limited number of people who have heard of tourmaline before, amber jewelry is virtually taking America by storm. It's been starting for a little while already, but it seems that amber is the new gem for just about every taste in jewelry.
This jewelry comes in very small, refined pieces, which seems to suit people with a more delicate taste in jewelry. This sort of amber jewelry is usually made with silver and has a silver chain with an amber stone of one color, or perhaps more, as a pendant in the front of the necklace. The same goes for earrings and for bracelets; one or a few small pieces of amber are set as the centerpiece in a piece of silver jewelry. One of the popular looks with amber jewelry is to either match pendant, earrings, bracelet and ring to be all made of the same silver and the same color of amber. Conversely, you can choose a pendant with three colors of amber, usually orange, yellow and green but are not limited to those, and then have the earrings of one color, the bracelet of another, and the ring of another color of amber. This is done because presumably the necklace will be the biggest piece, so it should contain the most colors and then each of the three coordinating pieces complements with one color of amber.
Amber jewelry also comes in very large, tribal looking fashions. These pieces of jewelry frequently do not have silver or another metal as part of their construction, but rather are constructed entirely of amber, usually with the connecting fibers being in the interior of the pieces of amber. The result of this type of jewelry is a sort of ethnic look, a grassroots approach to jewelry, but one that is elegantly beautiful instead of being beautiful in a simple way, like hemp jewelry is.
When amber jewelry is made this way, with large pieces of amber, the biggest advantage is that you can see the variation within a stone of one color of amber. An orange, a yellow or a green stone has many hues inside of it, but the smaller stones set in silver don't really allow this property of amber to be seen. These large pieces of jewelry are certainly not to suit everyone's style or every occasion, but the rainbow effect they produce, thanks to this internal variation in the stone, is stunning.
While all amber jewelry has made its way into the U.S. popular jewelry culture, Baltic jewelry is just now finding its way onto the U.S. market since everyone has gone wild for amber in general. Amber is an old gemstone whose name comes from the Greek word 'Ambrosia'; ambrosia referred to food even then, but certainly not to what we now know to be ambrosia. The Greek word means 'food for the gods'; amber was considered to be precious enough to be fed to the gods; what's more, amber is a warm gemstone, in contrast to most other gemstones, which are usually cold to the touch. This was one defining property that made amber not only distinct from the others, but also made it appealing.
Baltic amber jewelry is made exclusively from amber harvested out of the region where the highest quality amber is said to be found. This is the area around the Baltic Sea; high quality Baltic jewelry comes from amber harvested in parts of Germany, Poland and Russia. Amber is a tree resin, only of the spruce tree, which is why amber can only be found in certain geographical regions. A country in which spruce trees would not survive will never be an exporter of Baltic amber jewelry.
Long ago, amber was said to have protective and healing properties. For this reason, it was a highly sought gemstone because not only was it impressively striking in its beauty, it could also be worn as a type of guardian totem. Of course, in today's day and age, some believe that amber has healing properties, and some consider than ancient myth. Either way, Baltic amber jewelry is breathtakingly beautiful.
Though amber jewelry can be quite cheap if simulated amber is used to make it, amber jewelry is on the more expensive side. The main difference though is that a diamond necklace that costs $100 will get you an absolutely tiny sliver of a diamond. For the same price, Baltic jewelry will give you a substantial piece of jewelry. An amber necklace that costs $100 is going to be basically all made of amber, instead of being a silver chain with a sliver of amber dangling in the front. While such necklaces are beautiful, they suit one type of style. This silver necklace with a piece of amber suits a person with a more delicate taste in jewelry whereas your average Baltic amber jewelry is made of large pieces of amber and suits the chunkier jewelry style. This style has been making a serious comeback for quite some time in the U.S.; bold is the new beautiful, and Baltic amber jewelry is certainly that.
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