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Hand made with Sterling Silver and genuine Baltic Amber in shades of dark honey, light honey, and light yellow.
According to ancient myths, amber is tears shed into the Eridanus by Heliads grieving after the death of their brother Phaethon, who was thrown into the river; rays of the setting sun hardened in the depths of the sea.
Amber (Bursztyn in Polish) is fossilized tree sap that dates back 40 million years. It comes from all around the world, but the highest quality and richest deposits are found around the Baltic Sea. During the colder months, when water density reaches its highest point, amber floats up from the seabed and is washed to shore by the waving sea. Amber is the only fossil resin that contains 3 to 8% succinic acid, a multi-purpose therapeutic substance, that was prescribed by early physicians for headaches, heart problems, arthritis and a variety of other ailments. In ancient times it was carried by travellers for protection. All of our amber is directly imported from the Baltic city of Gdansk, Poland.
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