Welcome to My World of Amber
There is more to the Caribbean than sea and shore. There is AMBER. No, not the girl. The gem.
And amber is supposed to be amber color, right? Wrong. There is the original color of amber, yellow, orange, honey, cognac or the kind. But there also is cream, cherry, red, green and there is the rarest of all: BLUE. Yes. Blue Amber.
Dominican Amber is the REAL Caribbean Amber, natural amber as it comes from the mine. It has been subject only to mechanical treatment (for instance: grinding, cutting, turning and polishing), without any change to its natural properties. It has not been heat enhanced (autoclaved) to “enliven, clear and brighten” the stone. It does not need to be “improved”. No need to improve what Mother Nature does. Dominican amber is beautiful by itself.
Dominican amber mines are only a major source of amber during the last 50 years, although its existence has been known about since the times of the descovery of the island by Christopher Colombus. But since there is not much publicity, the uninformed majority knows little about it. Although the book and film “Jurassic Park” gave it quite a boost and told the world about its existence.
The outcrop is much, much less than Baltic amber, therefore it is rare in the true meaning of the word and not found all over the globe. It is the amber that still carries the tradition of being something special, accessible only for a few. Hence, it is not the amber you will see in the Supermarket jewelry store next door or sold at the flea market. There is just not enough of it around to throw it at the public like that.
Industrialized? No way. Here we are much too “primitive”. We only have 100% natural amber (…is that good or bad?).
I would love to share with you some information and some interesting facts. Please enjoy browsing my site and checking out the links about Natural Amber and the Natural Caribbean Amber from the Dominican Republic.
