What is the cost of amber?

Amber prices can range from $20 to $40,000 or more.
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How much does amber cost per carat?

Amber can be sold for anywhere from 1$-30$ per carat. If it has an inclusion, it will be higher on this scale. By color, generally, they are ranked from less to more valuable: black, red, yellow/gold, white.
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Which color of amber is most valuable?

Reddish amber is more valuable than golden amber, which is more valuable than yellow amber. Rarely, strong fluorescence can give amber a bluish or greenish appearance, which when attractive can be highly valuable. Oxidation might cause the material to change color over time.
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What is a carat of amber?

Amber Carat Weight

Amber is a light stone and feels light to the touch, even in large sizes. In fact, it even floats on salt water. As carat refers to weight and not size, a 2 carat amber gemstone, for example, will be about 2.5 times larger than, say, a 2-carat diamond.
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Is amber a precious gem?

Contrary to popular belief, amber is not a true gemstone. In fact, it's fossilised tree resin that can range in age from 30 to 90 million years old! This resin is generally found in ancient evergreen trees.
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How do I sell amber?

There are three basic ways to sell Amber. You can sell Amber retail off-line, wholesale off-line, or online. All are discussed here.
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How do you know amber is real?

All you have to do is mix two cups of warm water with a quarter cup of salt in a bowl, then stir the mixture until the salt has completely dissolved. Once you have done this, place the piece of amber in the solution. If the piece of amber floats then it is indeed authentic amber.
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What is the best amber?

Baltic Amber is the highest quality Amber in the world, with more than 250 different natural shades available on the market.
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Where is amber found?

Amber is found in many places around the world, from Alaska to Madagascar, but the largest deposits exploited for jewelry and science are in the Dominican Republic, the Baltic region of Europe, and Myanmar, also known as Burma.
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How do I value my amber necklace?

It is chiefly determined by its color, clarity, shape and the size of the nugget.
  1. Color. Amber in reddish color is more valuable than the golden amber, which is more valuable than yellow amber. ...
  2. Clarity. Amber that is transparent is more valuable than the cloudy one. ...
  3. Shape. ...
  4. Size.
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Is real amber heavy or light?

Genuine amber is lightweight and slightly warm to the touch. This is due to it being underground for millions of years and because of its chemical composition. You can distinguish fake amber that is made of glass from the real thing because glass is harder, cooler, and heavier than authentic amber.
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Is black amber real?

Black Amber

However, it is not actually pure fossilized tree resin. It has been mixed with the remains of the tree from which it came or other plant matter. That does not make it any less appetizing. When the specimen is made up entirely of carbonized coal, so there is little difference between jet and black amber.
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How many types of amber is there?

There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions.
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How much is amber per gram?

$13-15 per gram. Smaller beads cost a bit less and larger ones more. Clear Amber is more valuable than pieces that look cloudy or opaque.
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What's amber Good For?

Healing with Amber

Amber is a powerful healer and cleanser of the body, mind and spirit. It also cleanses the environment. Amber draws disease from the body, healing and renewing the nervous system and balancing the right and left parts of the brain. It absorbs pain and negative energy, helping to alleviate stress.
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What is amber made from?

Amber is formed from resin exuded from tree bark (figure 9), although it is also produced in the heartwood. Resin protects trees by blocking gaps in the bark. Once resin covers a gash or break caused by chewing insects, it hardens and forms a seal.
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Is amber hard to find?

Amber is a fairly common, easy-to-work gem material. A constant wonder to the eyes, it typically occurs in various shades of yellow, orange, and brown colors. On the other hand, pieces with green, blue, or violet tints due to extreme fluorescence are rare. Amber also has a wide range of transparency.
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How much amber is in the world?

At present there are nearly 200 known amber deposits throughout the world and new ones are discovered every year. Amber has been found on all continents except Antarctica. Only a few of the deposits have achieved economic importance, but each is of scientific interest.
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What kind of trees make amber?

Most amber is from pine trees or other conifers, though there are a variety of trees that they can come from. However, most amber is from extinct species because the resin was exuded so long ago.
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Is amber a stone?

Amber is actually not a stone, but fossilized resin from evergreen trees. It looks and feels similar to a gemstone and is often treated as one, having been a popular element in decoration and adornment for many years. Generally a golden or brown color, it is considered to be restorative and soothing.
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Is amber good for jewelry?

Baltic amber jewelry can provide pain relief:

The succinic acid inside amber is actually what provides pain relief; when you wear your amber jewelry regularly, the warmth of your skin will eventually cause a small amount of oil to be released from the amber.
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How many colors of amber are there?

Up until today there are more than 250 different shades and 7 main colors of Amber identified. They vary from yellow to orange and even white. Green and blue colors are also distinguished; however they tend to be very rare. All of these mentioned colors are commonly used when making jewelry.
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Can amber go in water?

Many wearers of Amber jewelry also frequently ask if they can wear it in the water. Amber itself can be in water and it won't get damaged. However, many Amber jewelry pieces are made with a string, clasps from other materials or it contains other gemstones.
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Does amber float in saltwater?

The amount of bubbles in the amber has a great deal to do with this. Amber will float on cold seawater. Or in a glass of water saturated with salt. Some plastics will also float under the same conditions.
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Does amber glow under black light?

UV or Black Light Test:

Real amber will fluoresce under UV light. The amount of fluorescence varies from piece to piece. In a dark space, shine a UV black light on the samples in question, and if it is authentic amber it will fluoresce a bright blue or yellow green.
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