04/12/2021
Does the color of amber necklaces matter?
There are 7 types of amber:
✨ Light yellow
✨ Solid yellow
✨ Light cognac
✨ Dark cognac
✨ Dark cherry
✨ Black
✨ Green
✨ Blue
💛 Yellow amber is what is usually associated with a ‘typical’ amber colour. It is attributed to their location in the sea, on beaches or besides water reservations and sources during their formation.
❤️ Cognac ambers are esteemed for their deep brown and red hues. It is believed that this colouring happened when the fossils were formed underground and were not as exposed to elements such as rainfall and sunlight.
🧡 Dark cherry is relatively uncommon amber colour. It only occurs naturally when it is exposed to extremely high temperatures, such as through the heat generated by intense forest fires.
🖤 Black amber is somewhat unique because it’s not entirely fossilized resin, and instead receives its black colouring from any soils, debris or other inclusions that were absorbed into the resin.
💚 Green ambers are most usually found in forests. The abundance of green pigments in the surrounding plants were absorbed during the formation of the amber, giving it a pleasing greenish hue.
💙 The rarest of all ambers is blue amber. Unlike other colours of amber it can’t be sourced in the Baltic region, and originates instead in the sparkling azure waters and sandy beaches of the Caribbean, and even then mainly in the Dominican Republic.
What is your favourite type of amber?
