Recently I observed an amazing number of Dominican amber on the Polish market, everybody talks about it, almost everyone has already given this fall for amber. But basically what's going on? My dear, Dominican amber is not even amber, has only 80 thousand years - is a fossil resin. After the appropriate treatment can be produced from the jewelry is even similar to certain varieties of Baltic amber. Everything would be fine if everyone is selling something as a Colombian amber, Baltic amber is not! Not just individual consumers are harmed, the producers give fall for this shit amber. The market is a shortage of Baltic amber, the prices are high, so it's no wonder that some producers are tempted at times cheaper raw material. It is a mere deception, do not help any certificates, a layman does not recognize such amber.
Baltic amber is a resin secreted by trees growing on the site of today's Scandinavia, so that about 40 million years ago. This is very similar to that which the resin can see everyone on skaleczonym tree. Baltic amber is not the only one that exists amber, amber, there is virtually across the globe. Baltic amber, however, is unique among all the varieties of physical properties distinguish it, which makes it very easy to process. Baltic amber is a unique resin, stands out not only the physical properties, but also a variety of colors. Lumps of snow are not uncommon even in milk, they are highly valued in Poland, but no man in the west are not in demand, it is very strange, because it is without doubt the finest type of Baltic amber. Popular in the West, particularly in Germany are lumps of cognac-colored, translucent stones are colored wine. Yellow nuggets can be divided into transparent and opaque. Transparent are often subjected to heat treatment for brandy and sent to Germany, opaque varieties are made into jewelry. Very often the common type of amber is so zwaby żużlak, it is a resin with a high content of gravel and other organic and mineral inclusions. Żużlaki are black and opaque, can be a combination of "healthy" and zażużlonego amber, amber, this type of treatment is cumbersome and hard to find jewelry with such specimens. The less common colors include red amber to blue and green (the latter two are extremely rare, especially green opaque). Very often pieces of amber are not homogeneous, the connection meets all of the above colors except red, which appears as a homogeneous lumps sometimes only in combination with żużlakiem. For example, the color blue does not occur in a homogeneous chunk, all the blue nuggets I've ever seen have been very complicated and the blue color was dominant.
Frequently asked questions about the amber is "How can I tell if amber is real or counterfeit." I have seen on television as an intelligent head argued that to do this it must be ... set fire to the object. Of course, this applies to arouse laughter attack in amber, but what he knows better TV deal. But I admit that several times set fire to single pieces of amber, and they have a distinctive smell. However, this approach inevitably leads to the destruction of lumps so strongly advise against this method, especially as the person who had not previously felt swądu burnt amber and so does not distinguish whether this amber or a Chinese invention. So how to distinguish genuine from the counterfeit lump of amber? The answer is simple, you should find him pour a container of water and dissolve in water much salt. Then put a lump of such a solution would be to swim and if that means this is the original amber. But NOTE this method is not 100%! Among the Baltic amber you can find different varieties, two are particularly resistant to the test. The first is the so-called Wisniak, amber and dark cherry which flies only in very strong salt solution. The second is a slag, amber that has a large share of gravel and earth, the amber tone of even a strong solution of salt, but the Chinese did not fake this kind of amber. But if we have a beautifully machined lump of amber, muffled in silver, what then? In this case, jewelry immersion in water is not an option, so not much can be done. The first and basic thing is a fair trader and producer. Basically the customer has no choice but to rely on trust to the vendor. Of course there is the chance to form a certificate of originality for amber, so that all of these certificates are worthless. But there is another method for assessing whether the amber is real simple. If you have a chance to see a larger range of the manufacturer, we should pay attention to the variety of amber nuggets. If we are in the range which is colored amber inclusions, milky haze, is generally not homogeneous, we may be sure that we are dealing with the original amber. For clarification I will add that the scandal related to the counterfeit amber burst because of the largest manufacturers in the market, yet a small entity is not able to bring from China podrabianej resin in an amount to make it profitable. The trade took place predominantly in molochach have been able to bring tons of the Chinese theories, some were worked into jewelry and released to the market by the "importers" and some went as the "original" material to the traffickers and then to unsuspecting small businesses.
Polish gold, almost every Pole knows that in these two words lies the beauty of amber. But if it is Polish Polish gold? Many Poles have in your home souvenir from the sea, a beautiful lump of amber, or even jewelry with amber, but whether this piece of gum comes from the Polish? Most people do not realize that the chances of entering into possession of Polish amber are slim. Unfortunately the Polish amber is very little. The sharp decline in production in the late nineties meant that most of the raw material market is Baltic amber, but not Polish. It is true that Russia's mines have long been closed but some magical way of entering the Polish mass of amber from Kaliningrad. Theoretically, this is the same material as Polish amber. Experienced amber jeweler can see the difference. But for the average eater of bread it has no meaning and can be proud of having the Baltic amber. Only that kind seller will avoid the disclosure of the origin of amber, with two kinds of reasons, first amber comes mostly from illegal sources, and secondly, every tourist preference Polish Amber, who after returning from vacation will boasted, "I have been to Hel and bought amber ... Russian. " It is true that there are legitimate Polish Polish amber mines (not legal, there are apparently), but production is negligible. So buying a lump of amber, you can be sure that it is Baltic amber. The preceding sentence shall be inserted between a fairy tale, unfortunately. If any vendor awarded to the Russian amber is the search for such a shine on the Baltic Sea in the summer admits that doing the Ukrainian amber! This is no joke in Ukraine is amber. But it's totally different than the Baltic amber, which is true if treated confusingly similar to ours but they are no longer that. Baltic amber comes from quite another source, it is true, and both are fossilized resins but have a different chemical composition. So the next time you admire a piece of amber imported from a trip to the Baltic Sea is to ask "are Polish?" Baltic ", or be ... Ukraine?"
Does anyone of you know where it is amber? If not then I invite you to read a short text on the areas of amber in Poland. Of course, no one, even I am not going to give the exact location of the amber deposits, but a desire to familiarize you with the occurrence of amber in our area. Overall, there is amber in Poland, almost the entire area. However, significant deposits are located only in a few areas. In the vicinity of Lublin, you can find a lot of Ukrainian resin bed. Unfortunately this is not the Baltic amber, but I have information that there are carried out intensive work on finding a bed suitable for exploitation. The best explored deposits of amber in arrears on the peninsula Chlapowo sambijski. It comes from this region that we call the Baltic amber. Some decks are located in the vicinity of Lomza and Slupsk, particularly intensively exploited in the past. The largest deposit is located in the vicinity of Sambia Peninsula. On Polish territory in the largest quantities of amber found in the vicinity Chlapowo, however, due to considerable depth to no one has the faintest idea how to get the amber.