We have talked a lot about the amber and the amber jewels like amber rings, amber pendants. In this article we will talk about the beautiful amber beads.
Let’s see what is mean by beads first:
Beads are small decorative object which is pierced for threading or tying with small strings. Size of the beads range from 1 millimeter to the 1 centimeter approx. The art of work on beads is known as bead works and considered to be most ancient jeweler science.
As we know amber is a very precious jewel and a very rare and old also. Amber was made in process of fossilization happened nearly 40 million years ago. Amber is considered a very important aspect of the scientific study of fossilized and ancient animals as it may contain a very old creature in a freeze state.
Amber beads are made from original amber as well as fake amber. You can read more about knowing the validity of amber in detail here. Amber beads are small amber pieces which are woven to tie and create a chain of amber beads. It looks very beautiful with various other stones along with it. We can find many rare amber beads throughout the world.
Types of amber beads:
Amber bead types are determined by the types of amber used in it, so we can classify them in following types;
Baltic Amber Beads: Amber is mainly found in the Baltic region so it is also called as Baltic amber sometimes, an amber bead made from Baltic amber is also called as Baltic amber bead. It looks so beautiful due to its vibrant colors. Baltic amber is known for its quality and hence so the Baltic amber beads. These are very famous in collectors market also.
African amber beads: I am not fully aware of the source but these seem to be made up from the African amber, which is found in some area of Africa.
Round amber Beads: As the name suggest these are made from round size amber and look very attractive.
Amber beads teething: These are beads made up from the fake amber and used for reducing the pain of infants during teething. These are very famous worldwide and sold in large quantities.
How to purchase a good deal of amber:
To purchase amber beads we have two difficulties, Originality and Price.
1) Originality: Originality if amber is always been in dough because of the quality and like some of the fake amber produced by many companies. Again we will refer to the tricks we discussed earlier in another post on originality of amber.
2) Price: As amber is a rare gem its process are quite high enough, to get amber in wholesale quantity I would suggest trying an wholesale shop online, but again we will be in danger of frauds. We will refer to the article mentioned in point 1. We can also check the local markets in our area for the same.
Amber beads for antique collections are the once which are most beautiful among them. Amber is a precious stone so as the amber beads and when used with some other precious jewel it looks more beautiful.