show off your amber pieces

[rparker1998]

This is green amber and white topaz in Yellow gold. I haven''t worn it once, I''m still not sure i like it and i''ve had it for 6 months LOL. So show off your''s and lets compare.

 

[rparker1998]

lol i guess a picture would be nice...I''m such a dork!

 

[rparker1998]

lol ok one more time..

 

[mochi]

Thats interesting. I have never seen this gemstone before.

 

[rparker1998]

Date: 1/11/2009 2:22:55 PM
Author: mochi
Thats interesting. I have never seen this gemstone before.

Me neither Mochi, which is why i purchased it. from my research the green ambers are a little more rare than your traditional yellow ambers and oranges. There are a bunch of amber vendors here in the Jax area...at some of the local shops in St. Augustine.

 

[LD]

Please be aware that Amber is routinely artificially made - all colours, yellow, green, red etc with resins. It''s incredibly difficult to tell the real from the fake.

 

[rparker1998]

Date: 1/11/2009 2:32:11 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
Please be aware that Amber is routinely artificially made - all colours, yellow, green, red etc with resins. It''s incredibly difficult to tell the real from the fake.

It doesn''t surprise me. This piece has some backing behind it as you can see from the photo''s and I have a certificate of authenticity...so hopefully I didn''t get jipped.

 

[LD]

Date: 1/11/2009 2:36:24 PM
Author: rparker1998

Date: 1/11/2009 2:32:11 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
Please be aware that Amber is routinely artificially made - all colours, yellow, green, red etc with resins. It''s incredibly difficult to tell the real from the fake.

It doesn''t surprise me. This piece has some backing behind it as you can see from the photo''s and I have a certificate of authenticity...so hopefully I didn''t get jipped.

Is it from a shopping channel? If it is then unfortunately having a certificate of authenticity doesn''t say what treatments have been applied (for example for sapphires they never say whether something''s heated/unheated/treated etc) but if you look at their enhancements page it''s astonishing what they do. For Amber they (1) dye it (2) heat it (3) fuse small pieces together to reconstruct a big piece - sometimes adding a backing (4) heat to produce a "green" colour.

At the end of the day though, if you like it / wear it then it doesn''t matter what''s been done to it!

 

[mochi]

You''re in FL? So am I. We have relatives in Jax.

 

[rparker1998]

hehe, yup, been here for 2 years now...

LD, you have such a way with words...

 

[T L]

I like ancient amber with prehistoric bugs in them, but they fake those as well. My girlfriend thinks amber is disgusting because of the fact that insects get trapped in it, but one of my other hobbies is insect collectiing, which I do with my kids in the summer. Not much to do this time of year in the snow, so it''s gem collecting instead!

I have a beautiful long amber bead necklace with different carved beads from the Baltic. They are more mahoghony in color though.

 

[mochi]

TL, give me your address, we have alot of bugs here in FLorida, year round!

 

[rparker1998]

Date: 1/11/2009 4:12:46 PM
Author: mochi
TL, give me your address, we have alot of bugs here in FLorida, year round!

tooo many imho....hehe..

 

[T L]

Date: 1/11/2009 4:12:46 PM
Author: mochi
TL, give me your address, we have alot of bugs here in FLorida, year round!

I belong to another forum, and we were discussing bug collecting there (although the forum is not about bugs), and everyone from a hot climate wanted to send me their bugs. It was pretty funny. I actually collect and mount dragonflies and butterflies, and other flying insects.

Well, amber is very interesting, and I enjoy it from a beauty and scientific point of view, but you do have to be very careful of resin fakes and reconstituted pieces.

 

[geckodani]

I love amber! rparker that ring is really fun! I have lots, but here are the ones worth posting.

my HUGE drop pendant that my sister gave me:
ETA: Sorry for the odd angle, it's hard to take your own neckshots.

 

[geckodani]

My two favorite pairs of amber earrings. The green ones are backed in red, as opposed to black (most green amber is really yellow amber backed in black to give it a more greenish appearance).

 

[geckodani]

This pendant is one of my favorites. It was a gift from one of my long standing Starbucks customers when I left the company after 6 years.

 

[platinumrock]

Date: 1/11/2009 4:21:26 PM
Author: geckodani
I love amber! rparker that ring is really fun! I have lots, but here are the ones worth posting.

my HUGE drop pendant that my sister gave me:
ETA: Sorry for the odd angle, it''s hard to take your own neckshots.

Oh, Gecko, I LOVE your amber pendant!!! That is definitely on my wishlist.

 

[Matata]

Bought these as a birthday gift to myself 2 years ago.

 

[Matata]

better pic of necklace & earrings

 

[rparker1998]

gorgeous pieces ladies. I would love to get my hands on a loupe to check out my amber''s innerds...

 

[geckodani]

I am going to have to try that now! LOL!

 

[cofor]

Here is a 3-dimensional amber heart I once carved for my wife. Baltic amber untreated.

 

[coatimundi_org]

Date: 1/13/2009 1:38:09 PM
Author: cofor
Here is a 3-dimensional amber heart I once carved for my wife. Baltic amber untreated.

Very nice!

 

[Fly Girl]

Here''s a piece of amber I had set in a sterling bezel for a pendant many years ago. It''s taken a beating and has a lot more cracks than it used to. Anyhow, it has two ants and a fly.

 

[Fly Girl]

The insects were always more visible from the back.

 

[Fly Girl]

Closer on one (or maybe this is both) of the ants. You can just make out his tiny legs.

 

[Fly Girl]

Finally got the light right to see the fly. He is visible from the front of the piece near the bottom in this photo.

 

[Fly Girl]

Close up of the little fly.

ETA - I got this piece from a fossil store going out of business (aren't they always?) many years ago, and I'm quite positive it is real and untreated. It's messy with plant material and bubbles, too.