What are the magical properties of amber?

AMBER – fossil resin of coniferous plants of the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods. Unique amber formations are equated to precious stones. The color, transparency, and shine of amber have always been criteria for assessing its value. Although they varied depending on the country and period of history. In ancient Rome, reddish transparent amber had a high price, and white and waxy amber were used only for burning incense. In Eastern countries, along with yellow transparent pieces, milky-white amber (containing a high amount of succinic acid), which was considered healing, was valued. Translucent ambers with a greenish tint were expensive. According to modern ideas, the highest quality amber should be lemon-yellow and evenly translucent throughout its entire volume. English name: Amber Other names (synonyms): Alatyr, amber, entar, ilekt, ilektron, sea incense, sunstone, electron
allingite, ambar, ambroid, ambroite, chryselectrum, glessum, glesum, lyncurium, lynx-stone, succinite Isolated and described for the first time: Mentions of amber have been found in ancient Russian chronicles since 1562.
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• class Organic minerals
  • not a mineral Amber

  Experts distinguish about 250 varieties of amber. Here are some of the names used: agstein (agtstein), aikaite, almashite, ambrite, ambrozine, bokkerite (beckerite), birmite, walchovite, gedanite, glossite, rumenite, stantienite, succinite; Baikal, Brazilian, British, Greenlandic, Mexican, Sakhalin, Sicilian.
  Moreover, the names of varieties depend on the location and criteria for their identification. As an example, we give the varieties (also known as varieties) of Baltic amber, isolated during its processing:
  1) batter – transparent, with a characteristic amber color from almost colorless to dark brown. Valued for its transparency and beautiful color, it is easy to polish;
  2) smoky – translucent with transparent gaps, slightly clouded with air bubbles, yellow to dark yellow, less often red and even more rarely blue, easily polished;
  3) bastard – heterogeneous yellow with dark spots, medium transparency, easy to polish;
  4) bone – opaque, white, resembles ivory, polished;
  5) red – opaque, not polished;
  6) laminate – white, not polished;
  7) frothy – light, white, opaque, resembles frozen foam, cannot be polished due to high porosity;
  8) contaminated – gray to black, opaque, not polished;
  9) overburden – red, with a thick oxidation crust, translucent, poorly polished.

  Associated minerals: Hematite, Goethite, Glauconite, Calcite, Quartz, Pyrite
  Syngony: Absent (amorphous)
  Composition (formula): C – 78%, H – 10%, O – 11%

  Color: Yellow, wax yellow, honey yellow, white, red-brown, brown, red-brown. Occasionally blue, green, black.
  The primary color of amber is determined by three factors: structural, light scattering in amber, various inclusions; secondary – by the processes of amber weathering.

  Trait Color: White
  Transparency: Opaque, translucent, transparent
  Cleavage: Very imperfect (absent)
  Fracture: Conchoidal
  Gloss: Oily, matte, resinous
  Hardness: 2-2,5
  Density (specific gravity), g/cm 3 : 1,0-1,1 to 1,22 in weathered amber of the Carpathian region
  Brittleness: Brittle

  Special properties: Amber is amorphous, highly polished, electrified by friction, ignites from the flame of a match, and swells in water.
  Sometimes representatives of insects or arachnids are found in amber, less often plants caught in the resin during the period of its formation. In addition to solid inclusions, gas-liquid ones are found in amber.
  In air, amber oxidizes relatively quickly – within a year, a change in color (darkening) is noticeable on its polished surface.
  Some amber samples can fluoresce under ultraviolet light; triboluminesce (this property is not expressed in Baltic and Ukrainian amber) and exhibit a cat’s eye effect (shatoyansi).
  When heated without air access to 140-150°C, amber becomes plastic. Technological methods for its processing – calcination and pressing – are based on this property. When calcined, clouded amber becomes transparent, and during the pressing process, amber crumbs turn into blanks of any shape.

  Since ancient times, amber has been refined: clarified and colored. Pliny the Elder (23-79) recommended clarifying amber with the fat of a young pig. When boiled, the fat filled the bubbles (gas inclusions), and the ability of amber to transmit light increased. Also, cloudy amber was clarified by boiling in linseed and rapeseed oil. The clouded amber was clarified using dry calcination – heated in sand at temperatures above 100°C. As a result of clearing, semicircular cracks often appeared in the amber, resembling fish scales in appearance. The most common of the imitations is pressed amber, aka ambroid, which has been produced in large quantities since 1881. In it, under a magnifying glass, flow textures with elongated gas bubbles and streaks are visible. In long-wave ultraviolet light, bright milky-white luminescence is observed. Modern natural soft resins similar to amber in properties – cowrie и copal – they are distinguished by their fusibility and solubility in ether, so they are used with the addition of amber or after special treatment. A common imitation of amber is synthetic resins – plastics. The oldest of them, celluloid, also known as ancient amber, is rarely used today due to its easy flammability; Its safe varieties – cellon and rhodoid – are more widely used. Casein plastics such as galalite and erinoid are also used. But the most widely used are heat-stable plastics such as Bakelite (for example, red Bakelite), polyester resins such as Polyburn with inclusions of insects and plants, as well as colored polystyrene with pressed pieces of natural amber. Glass and tortoiseshell are two more materials for imitating amber stone.

  The morphology of amber is a form of resin that flows from trees and drips onto the ground. Amber forms massive aggregates of irregular or teardrop shape; nodular, round, kidney-shaped sintered forms.
  After erosion and redeposition, secondary sedimentary amber accumulates in placers in the form of fragments, usually well rounded.

  Amber is found in sedimentary rocks. Some primary amber deposits are spatially associated with coal deposits.
  When rocks are destroyed in places of primary formation (usually due to erosion), amber is transported and deposited in other places (placers). Given the profitability of industrial mining, these secondary amber deposits are called placer deposits.

  Amber is used as an ornamental stone for making souvenirs, jewelry, and medicines.

  

  The bright sunny stones of amber are familiar to everyone from childhood. Sparkling drops of amber were in the boxes of our grandmothers and mothers; jewelry with amber was often inherited and became a real family heirloom.

  In fact, amber is the frozen resin of coniferous trees, which over millions of years has turned into transparent pebbles of rich yellow shades. Often you can see a fly or a drop of air inside the stone, because initially the resin was soft and could collect insects and tree leaves. Gradually, the amber hardened and under the influence of the earth it turned into a beautiful transparent stone. Ancient pines that grew on the seashore gave their sap to the earth, and therefore amber can most often be found where unique natural conditions contributed to the wide spread of this unique natural stone. And now on the shores of the Baltic and North Seas you can see amber stones washed from the depths of the sea. And amber is mined en masse in special mines.

  As a rule, amber is found in nature in the form of small pieces, from which inserts for small jewelry – rings, earrings or bracelets – are made by cutting. However, there are cases where amber stones weighing up to 10 kg were found in nature, from which they made luxurious coasters and exclusive souvenirs. In fact, amber stone is difficult to cut into small pieces, but it does not have all the hardness of marble or other minerals. The Greeks called amber an electron because this stone has the amazing ability to accumulate an electrical charge if the amber is rubbed on silk or woolen fabric, after which it can attract small objects. It was amber that gave the name to electricity, and amber is also called amber or sun stone.

  Ring with amber 146

  

  Earrings with white cubic zirconia 885

  

  Pendant with enamel 441

  

  Leather bracelet 600

  

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  Bracelet with white cubic zirconia 991

  

  The magical properties of amber

  Traditionally, amber products are in great demand due to the magical properties endowed with the stone. A true natural gift, it lay in the ground for millions of years and retained all the power of the earth. In ancient times, amber was used as talismans and amulets. It is believed that amber gives its owner health and happiness. Jewelry with amber is perfect for all those who are representatives of creative professions, because amber stone helps to concentrate creative forces, gives self-confidence and attracts positive energy. Amber perfectly relieves fatigue and fills its owner with vitality if you wear a ring with amber on the ring finger, through which the vein passes to the heart. Amber in the form of a pendant will protect against the evil eye and bring good luck in business, as well as improve health.
  In the old days, it was believed that a woman must wear an amber stone while expecting a child, since amber helps ward off the evil eye and will help during childbirth. And a nursing woman should wear amber beads so that the child eats well and is healthy and cheerful. And an amber stone under the pillow scared away evil spirits and helped to divert lightning from the home during a thunderstorm.

  Amber has always been considered a symbol of spiritual connection and in religious rituals a small amber stone was often set on fire, emitting a pleasant incense smoke. In church ceremonies, this stone is still used today to fumigate children at baptism and newlyweds during weddings, for a long and happy life.

  Healing properties of amber

  It is believed that amber cures almost all diseases, and today this stone is actively used in medicine. Due to its high iodine content, amber is recommended to be worn by those who suffer from thyroid diseases. And the high content of iron, zinc and calcium, as well as succinic acid salts, help improve metabolism and eliminate toxins. It has been noted that an amber mouthpiece reduces the risk of chronic diseases in smokers, and a tincture for colds is also made from amber.

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