Amber is a precious ancient stone. Natural Fossilization process turns the tree resin into the amber we see today. It is also called as honey of nature as it looks very sweet and pretty like honey. Amber we see today is nearly million years old and very rare to find. 90 % of the world’s amber is found in Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia on the Baltic Sea, that’s why it’s called as Baltic amber also. Amber is a very beautiful and rare stone due to its age. You can find complete process of amber formation on the site.
We can find throughout the history that a good thing always have some sad factors associated with it, same is true for the amber. You can find thousands of fake amber stones worldwide, may be you have one in your home. Our science is so much advanced, that it can create a vast amount of fake amber gems. Fake amber is not bad always as it will look same as the original one and you can get one very cheap. Fake Amber Rings are very famous due to low cost but as we know every good thing will have bad side associated. You will find many sellers worldwide sell the fake amber rings as original one and as the looks are very similar you may buy a fake one with high price.
How to know the originality of the amber.
It’s not an easy task to verify the originality of the amber, but a quite tricky one.
1) We always have an option to get an expert with us to verify this. This is the most perfect option as we will have very high accuracy in checking the originality.
2) If you don’t have reach to an expert you can try a small trick. Amber has property of a pleasant smell and fake amber smells like cheap plastic. Remember normally they don’t smell. To make them smell we need to use a woolen cloth and rub the amber on it. Now if the amber smells like plastic, it’s faked one and vice a versa. Please note this method can’t guarantee you the 100% accuracy.
Amber is a dearest stone for many people due to its rarity and history associated with it. You may not know how much your amber gem is ancient. It feels like reaching the dinosaur age when I keep it near my heart.