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“There’s gold in them thar trees!”Such is what the ancient Baltic civilizations, which resided along the coasts of Russia, Lithuania, and Poland, would discover about a fossilized mineral known as amber, a mineral dating back 95 million years to prehistoric days! All amber mined today, around the globe, is thirty to ninety-five million years old!
On June 15, 2015, The House of Amber and Copenhagen Amber Museum claimed ownership of an amber stone
discovered in the Darmasraya region in West Sumatra by miners and is estimated to be 15-25 million years old weighing 47.5 kilograms, approximately 105 pounds, and setting them for inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records
In February 2017, the International Amber Association of Poland, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, reported that Joseph Fam of Singapore owns an amber stone that weighs in at 50.4 kilograms or
about 111.11 pounds.
Found on January 4, 2007, in a mining accident in Indonesia and now on display at the Palanga museum in
Lithuania is an amber stone weighing 4 kilograms, which is near to 8 pounds and Europe’s third-largest amber stone, called the Sun Stone.
In March of 2017, in the region of Kaliningrad, Russia, a large amber nugget weighing 3.2 kilograms, about 7 pounds, was unearthed from a quarry, the largest in thirty years! Russian mining efforts for amber in the region of Kaliningrad mines700 tons of amber every year and is the new gold!’
The Ukraine region recorded the measure of a raw amber stone at 2562 grams, which equates to 5.5 pounds.
There is also the story, reported by CNN, December 2016 of the ‘big find’ in a smallamber ‘package’ weighing 6.5 grams (one-quarter ounce) where the tail of a dinosaur was found encased in yellow-orange amber by paleontologist Xing Lida, in Myanmar, near to the Chinese border.
Buy Amber jewelry and amber rings from Poland at low prices
With this unique and fiery hand-made sterling silver honey Baltic amber pendant, you can never go wrong. It is believed that amber brings luck and protection to people and it has been a symbol of love, marriage, and eternal youth. Since amber is a natural stone, its shape and size may vary slightly. Each piece is individually handcrafted in Europe. The pendant comes in a pouch bag. Wear amber and feel the energy of this "beaming sun"!
