Amber Drilled Pendant Releases Stress and pieces sometimes hold tiny

and pieces sometimes hold tiny inclusions of ancient plant matter frozen at the moment of entombment

This pendant preserves that natural point form in solid

Roman officers and soldiers wore garnet-inlaid signet rings and sword hilts

a mineral that crystallizes in the Earth's upper mantle under high pressure and temperature

A ring that carries its place with it

Amber Drilled Pendant Releases Stress and pieces sometimes hold tinyAn ancient organic gem, drilled and ready to wear. Amber is fossilized tree resinnot a mineral but an organic gem aged over 30 to 90 million years. Warm to the touch and far lighter than stone, it ranges from translucent honey to deep cognac. Inclusions of ancient plant matter appear in some piecesa direct window into the forest that produced the resin. This piece retains its natural form, drilled at the top to hang from a cord. Baltic amber has