How much is amber?

Amber can be found anywhere in the world. The age of young stones is 35 million years. And the most ancient that were found, 140 million years.

The coveted stone can be found in the Dominican Republic, Romania, Lebanon, Canada, Mexico, Belarus, Sicily. There are also finds in Japan, New Zealand, China and Greenland. But the main deposits are in the USA and the Baltic Sea. China is a leader in the production of expensive amber products. Minerals are actively mined there - from 4 to 10 tons per year.

As for the cost of the stone, the most expensive is amber from the island of Haiti, Dominican Republic. Only there you can find blue amber. It is difficult to process, but jewelry made of this stone is stronger and more durable than any other types of amber. A fist-sized mineral is sold for $ 300.

In China, the average size of a stone of milk amber is 20,000 rubles. This exceeds the price of blue amber from the Dominican Republic.

Wanting to find out what the price of a gram of amber is, we draw a conclusion based on the average price, we get 150 rubles. Accordingly, 1 kg of mineral costs 150 thousand rubles. And also the cost depends on whether the stone is processed or unprocessed.

Amber is mined most often in Kaliningrad. The main selling place for the stone is Moscow and St. Petersburg. The formation of value depends entirely on the difficulty of manufacturing the product. A gram can cost from 30 to 150 rubles. A kilogram, respectively, from 30,000 to 150,000 rubles. A cheap product may mean that the product is made of pressed or stolen stone. Or what’s most unpleasant, it can be a fake.

In the "black" market, buyers pay searchers for 1 kg of amber from 50 to 7000 dollars.

Any item with amber inside decorates its owner. One piece of stone can have several colors. It is easy to process, and thanks to this you can create any form of decoration.

The most ancient amber products are beads. Now the choice is wider. From a stone you can make a brooch, hairpin, earrings, pendant, bracelet and so on. But you can also find various souvenir products made of amber. And the stone contributes to good luck in various fields of application. Let's consider each of them.

The ancient sages were convinced that the stone can cure serious illnesses, normalize the general condition of a person, and relieve problems with the heart, respiratory system and lungs. Rumor had it that amber was able to stop vomiting and bleeding with its healing power.

Hippocrates treated his teeth by rubbing amber powder into his gums, believing that these procedures give them a more snow-white appearance. Migraine was treated with amber fumigation. This was considered a luxurious method of treatment, and not everyone could afford it, since amber itself cost space money.

The Slavs believed that the stone is also able to protect from the evil eye and the evil word. Nursing mothers put on a necklace, to protect the house from evil spirits.

Today, the use of amber for medicinal purposes is again gaining popularity. Only the treatment methods are slightly different. It is used for symptoms such as:

• headache - the stone warms up and is applied to the temporal part of the head, accompanied by light massage movements;
• respiratory system disease - breathing over an amber water bath;
• thyroid disease - wear beads from unpolished amber;
• joints - apply a heated stone to painful places, and also wear a bracelet;
• stress state - massage using amber oil;
• cosmetics with amber Refreshes and gives elasticity to the skin.

90% of minerals are not suitable for creating jewelry. Small pieces, waste, splinters are used in paint and varnish, perfumery and many other areas.

Succinic acid is actively used in agriculture. With its help, corn seeds are processed, and they germinate very quickly and delight with high productivity.

Amber not only has powerful healing properties, but is also a real find for scientists. Thanks to this stone, scientists managed to find out the past of our planet, describing the many plants and animals that have been preserved inside the mineral.

Amber is often found with petrified insects. In 1997, even managed to find a stone with a frog inside. And also finds with a lizard, a moth and even a dinosaur tail are also known. These attractions are housed in the museum.

Modern technologies are rapidly moving forward, so when buying amber you need to know exactly how to distinguish it from a fake. The type of materials used is capable of misleading even a person who knows stones. According to their external data, fakes have the maximum resemblance to natural stone. therefore You need to study material that helps you see the hype.

Consider materials that can mimic natural stone.

This imitation has a coniferous aroma and is softer to the touch of a real stone. If you look at the stone in the sun, you can see a homogeneous structure, without a single interspersing.

It is very difficult to distinguish a fake from an original even by experienced jewelers. Only melting the stone will help here.

This resin does not have the hardness that is inherent in natural stone. Kauri is good for making furniture, not jewelry.

Plastic amber looks very attractive and does not particularly differ from the original. Plastic is very easy to identify. To do this, take the jewelry in your hand. The weight of the fake product is practically not felt.

Glass products are often very similar to the original both externally and in weight. The only thing that gives a fake is that the glass jewelry does not scratch, while natural stone is very easy to scratch.

Outwardly, it looks like a natural stone. It is made from waste and unnecessary particles. The properties of pressed amber are the same as real. It gives out small bubbles and low transparency.

In order to be as similar as possible to the original, he is artificially made various defects.

The stone has many shades of muted color. Examining the product in the light, you can notice a lot of impregnations and heterogeneity of appearance.

It is worth doubting if you have a product with a geometrically correct pattern, bright color and without a single flaw.

Previously, if insects or plants were found in the mineral, this made it possible to verify the original stone. Today, it can easily be a fake. Inclusions are much more expensive than regular amber, so you should pay attention to details. In the original, the insect should be as natural as possible, trying to get out. In a fake, it is already dead, so its location will be appropriate.

It is clear that in the store you will not be able to try to scratch the product or fuse in order to verify the authenticity of the goods. At home, this will be easier. One of the easiest ways is to slide a stone or knife over a stone in an inconspicuous place. Natural amber will crumble, and the fake will have only shavings.

Consider also other ways to identify a fake.

Take a glass of water, add 8 teaspoons of salt into it, stir and lower the stone there. You can evaluate the result by the fact that the stone drowned or not. The original will not drown, nor will the product made of pressed amber or digging drown.

Natural amber is charged with negative energy. To do this, rub the stone on wool or silk and attach to small pieces of paper. Paper sticks to a natural stone.

When rubbing a stone, its temperature rises, and you can smell turpentine or a pine aroma. If you try to melt amber with the hot end of the needle, you can see white smoke and smell the rosin. Any fake will emit a chemical flavor.

Natural stone transfers the effects of chemicals on it without problems. The plastic fake is destroyed immediately. Alcohol or solvent will ruin the digging. Compressed amber will become sticky after wiping.

Mineral made of natural stone reacts to ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet light makes it possible to see wave-like transitions and an inhomogeneous structure.

Amber is an ancient mineral. Once upon a time it was believed that it was formed from solidified honey. He lurks within himself the mighty power that carries from century to century. Therefore, it is important to know its features and to be able to distinguish a fake from the original in order not to be deceived, and buying a stone did not bring disappointment, but only prosperity and joy in your home.

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