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The Real Reason You’ve Barely Heard of Dominican Amber
If you ask anyone to picture amber, they’re going to think of the Baltic Sea. They’ll picture warm, honey-colored beads,…
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How Dominican Natural Amber Was Formed
How Dominican Natural Amber Was Formed 🔬 Collector Quick-Fact Dominican natural amber is an organic gemstone formed through the multi-million-year…
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The Consumer Guide to Amber Certification: Natural vs. Factory Modified
The Consumer Guide to Amber Certification: Natural vs. Factory Modified By Natural Amber | Consumer Advocacy & Gemological Truth When…
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The Geological Formations of Dominican Amber: La Toca vs. Palo Alto
To truly understand Dominican amber, you have to look past the workshop tables and journey deep into the rugged spine…
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Honeycomb fossil in Dominican Amber: a unique discovery
Post Honeycomb fossil in Dominican Amber: a unique discovery Collector’s Item The honeycomb-like structure in Dominican amber is a subject…
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The Great Amber Illusion: The Truth Behind the Myth
🔬 Collector Quick-Fact While the Baltic region controls 90% of global extractable fossil resin reserves, mass-market Baltic amber undergoes extensive…
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Dominican Amber: Inside the Hand-Crafted Mining Trade
🔬 Collector Quick-Fact The extraction of Dominican amber is strictly legally limited to manual methods following a complete ban on…
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Dominican amber: a window into the ancient past – Dominican Amber Inclusions
Dominican amber: a window into the ancient past Dominican amber is prized for the extraordinary diversity and quality of its…
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Why the Amber World Is Moving Away from Industrialized Pieces
Why the Amber World Is Moving Away from Industrialized Pieces 🔬 Collector Quick-Fact The global luxury market’s shift toward unmanipulated…
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What Causes the Blue Color in Dominican Amber?
by Alec Corday Why is Dominican Blue Amber blue, you ask? Or is it? (We wrote about it in this…
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The Value of Protection in Dominican Amber Mining
🔬 Collector Quick-Fact Artisanal amber extraction in the Dominican Republic is concentrated in the steep, geologically vulnerable clay layers of…
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New World Amber – The Discovery
🔬 Collector Quick-Fact Dominican amber is an unclarified, 100% natural fossilized resin originating from the extinct legume tree Hymenaea protera…
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How to Spot Fake Amber Fossils: A Guide to Real Inclusions and Market Scams
Collector Quick-Fact Natural amber inclusions are defined as authentic, prehistoric…
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The Four Forms of Amber: What Happens When Humans Meddle with Fossil Resin
When you look at amber through the lens of a…
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Why Can’t You Find Dominican Butterscotch Amber?
I see this question pop up all the time in…