Blue amber is found here in the Caribbean, in the Dominican Republic. It is the most valuable of the Caribbean amber colors.
The most common use for Natural Dominican Amber is still as ornaments and not talismans, while the more valuable enclosures and coloration becomecollector’s pieces. Most of Blue Amber specimens for example have become priced exhibition pieces both in private and public collections all over the world.A favorite in Hong Kong and Japan for sculptures, Blue Amber has been masterfully worked into artistic carvings. Others have used Blue Amber to make rings, brooches and necklaces that can be worn in clubs and discos for its natural fluorescence under UV lights.In the Muslim world, Dominican Amber and particularly Blue Amber beads have found their way into another use as mesbaha or mesbah— a string of worry beads, probably of Persian origin, which are traditionally used by Muslims and Sufis, although some claim that the Prophet Muhammad never used anything like them. Today most mesbah, much like the Greekkombolói,
Natural amber is found here in the Caribbean, in the Dominican Republic.
is found with the best contacts into the mine to serve you the semi products and amber and silver jewelry, rough amber and raw amber from the Dominican mines in the Caribbean, amber earrings, amber bracelets, amber rings, amber chains, amber necklaces and blue amber necklaces as well as beads and cabochons and typical Caribbean amber jewelry. There are several theories about the origin of the blue color in blue Dominican amber and it is not fully understood what causes the blue color in Dominican blue amber that it is a result of blue fluorescence and no solid blue color. The best way to test blue amber is placing it under an ultra-violet lamp which intensifies the blue olor to a radiant cobalt-blue. And, we have noticed that blue amber can
be recognized by a very agreeable smell. One theory links the color in Dominican blue amber to the occurrence of volcanic ash or dust which was present when the resin amber, Blue Amber,was first pressed out from hymenaea protera millions of years ago. And - of course - besides the blue Dominican amber Kahraman kehribar, Caribbean amber also in regular amber colors and all those special amber colors like green amber kahrab kahramaan and blood red amber, purple amber, as they are only found in Dominican natural Amber since our Caribbean amber kehribar is not an industrial product. In the lower quality (regular blue amber), the blue tone can only really be appreciated under an ultra violet light source. Then you will find a strong blue reflection in the yellow undertone of Dominican blue amber (strong blue).
But there is also something we call ultra blue natural amber Retinite, which is visible in almost any kind of light. This is extremely rare, hard to get and - of course - the most expensive kind of Dominican blue amber And - of course - there is everything in between, never the same, because it is the beauty of nature and not a semi-industrial product like reconstituted and enhanced material from some other countries. Natural Amber (kahrab, kahramaan, kahraba, kahrabaa Kahraman) from the Dominican Republic is renowned for the diversity of fossils and inclusions Caribbean amber contains, the three rare treasures, which are scorpions, lizards and frogs but also many other bugs in amber, like pseudo scorpion, fly, damsel fly, dragon fly, termite in amber. REAL thing, natural amber just the way it comes from the mines. While the mystery around the origin of Caribbean Natural Amber color has not been cleared, one thing is sure: Dominican Blue Amber (kahrab, kahramaan, kahraba, kahrabaa, Kahraman, kehribar) is beautiful and it is extremely rare.
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