CHARACTERISTICS OF AMBER
Origin of the name: Etymologically its name comes from the Arabic عنبر, amber 'that which floats in the sea'
Chemical Composition: Fluorinated lithium aluminum phosphate (Li, Na) Al [(F, OH)|PL4].
Hardness: Between 6
Deposits: Spain, France, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Latvia and Russia, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Colombia .
Color(s): Yellow, cognac, brown.
History:
The entire history of the amber stone began almost 45 million years ago, between central and northern Europe, where a large part of the territory, from the Caspian Sea to the Norwegian coast, was covered with forests of amber, a mysterious resin orange-yellow in color with multiple virtues. It is only discovered much later in time and its commercialization is found on the Amber Route in distant countries. Recognized as a luxury product for its rarity, as it is only found in a few places in the world, the amber stone was carefully transported between the Baltic Sea and the Elbe River along the Danube. There was a circuit that planned to take her to the Roman Empire. It was then that the trade route received the name “Old Amber Route” .
It had commercial use for millennia, where the first amber pendants appear around 12,000 BC
Legends:
- Rome: Around 100 years after Christ, Rome became the main buyer of amber and all trade was centralized there. The Romans used amber stone in various contexts: objects, money, etc. In the “Great Book of Amber”, it is said that in the time of Nero a very large order arrived on the Baltic coast, and that the quantity was so large that the gladiators recorded each of their combats on amber plates.
- Christianity: It was used and produced to make the cross of Christianity. Only later, from 1250, did the Teutonic Knights take control of the Prussian market. They took over all the amber reserves in the Baltic Sea and the manufacture of objects, especially religious ones. Having become a key issue, the amber stone It was very tightly controlled. If an ordinary person was caught in possession of amber that was not part of a rosary, they were likely to receive the death penalty. It is still possible to find traces of this wealth accumulated by the Teutonic Knights in Malbork Castle, where more than 2,000 amber stone objects are displayed, ranging from antiquity to modern craftsmanship.
- Slavs and Greeks: The amber stones represented the petrified tears that the gods had shed on the surface of the sea.
- Greeks: amber is associated with Apollo, the god of arts, beauty and sunlight.
Curiosities:
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The amber stone is not the result of pine sap, but actually the result of the fossilization of plant resins after climate change or a very significant injury.
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Amber is one of the 3 precious stones (along with diamond and jet) of plant origin
Lithotherapy Properties:
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Allows you to express your own personality
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Helps purify energies
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Favors the intellect
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Boost memory
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Helps fight sadness
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Helps you improve yourself
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Help you achieve your goals, realize your dreams and achieve great things.
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Helps eliminate stress and anxiety
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It helps bring out all the qualities that we already have but are not aware of.
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Relieves nerves, tension and hypersensitivity
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Strengthens self-esteem.
Physical Properties:
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Relieve dental pain
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Release the words
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Helps decongest the respiratory tract, ear, nose and throat disorders
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Anti-pain if there is irritation or damage to body tissues.
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Helps stimulate the immune system
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Helps you rest and provide better sleep (essentially fights nightmares)
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Anti-inflammatory
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Stimulates vitality and motivation
