Amber and me

Me and my Baltic amber, I'm head of heels for Baltic amber! I've adored this stone for many years and have lots of jewellery featuring it. For those that don't know, amber is actually fossilized resin from trees. Baltic amber is a little different in that it is found only in northern Europe and accounts for some 80% of the known amber in the world. Between 35 and 50 million years ago, sap oozed out from a forest in a region now covered by the Baltic Sea, and eventually solidified into clear lumps. Shoved around northern Europe by glaciers and river channels, lumps of genuine Baltic amber can still be found today as it regularly gets washed up on the eastern coasts of England and Holland, throughout Poland, Scandinavia and northern Germany and much of western Russia and the Baltic states. The clarity of Baltic amber is beautiful, I can pick it out over any other amber in a shop. I love the fact this Baltic amber comes from these prehistoric forests far beneath our oceans and still gets washed upon our shores today. It's like your own little piece of history that you can wear (and looks stunning at the same time!). If you don't have a piece of this amber then go get yourself one!