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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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