Real Versus Natural

Natural Baltic amber is famous for its large number of varieties. The variety of color and degrees of transparency were obtained in the varied conditions during its travel to the consecutive deposits. Whether warmed by the sun, weathered by the sand due to changes in humidity and oxidation, or pressed by the glacier, the amber obtained in a natural way all the beauty which people now try to enhance artificially as they follow fashion trends. Many methods have been developed for obtaining the clarity of amber, or the color of cognac, or the black amber. After the treatment, it still possesses the features of succinite, so we can call it real amber, but not natural amber.



Natural Baltic amber is a living stone. The processes of vaporisation, polymerisation, isopolymerisation, and oxidation, which caused the once liquid resin to harden so much that it can be ground and polished, have not yet ended. Probably this constitutes the beauty and healing effect of the stone.

Prof. Barbara Kosmowska-Ceranowicz, Museum of the Earth, Warsaw
Wieslaw Gierlowski, Amber Association of Poland, Gdansk
Duty Free International Review, 1998