From time immemorial people allocated fossil pitch, whose age is estimated in millions years, miracle properties. The small ornament from amber costed frequently more expensively, than the young slave at slave traders for amber delivery to Rome on the Amber way has been interfaced to great difficulties. Medicines and ornaments from fossilized pitch were recommended at the most different illnesses. Still the Roman scientific Pliny Senior (23—79 years of our era) has been convinced that amber amulets protect from illnesses of a prostate and mental disorders. Church reformer Martin Luther believed that amber protects from formation of stones in kidneys, and always carried in a pocket a piece of fossilized pitch. One of medical recommendations of 1680 said: «the Rinsing prepared from amber, helps from corkings with a head». If to mix the pounded amber with honey and rose attar, the effective remedy from eye illnesses will turn out. In those days, when glass weren't able to do yet transparent enough, from grinded amber made points and magnifiers. «Boernstein», «the burning stone», — so in drevne-German language was called amber in XIII century. The smoke of the set fire amber not only removed heartaches and helped at rheumatism, but also could serve as an incense substitute. Not casually brandenburgsko-Prussian kings in a XVII-th century have appropriated a monopoly to collect valuable gift of the nature. To inhabitants of coast it is in the strict image it was forbidden — on pain of prison and even death! And already in the thirties the XX-th centuries biochemists managed to allocate amber acid — the substance being a nonspecific biostimulator and possessing anti-inflammatory and antistress action, well influencing work of kidneys and intestines.Amber is a very interesting stone. More precisely, it is not a even a stone, and amorphous, fossilized wood juice.
Amber is a stone of creativity. It strengthens belief, optimism. It is still connected with sports, physical strength, bouyancy. Never carry amber in silver, but only — in copper or in copper alloys with its high concentration. Or amber in the pure state, for example, in the form of a necklace. It needs to be carried as close as possible to a neck.
The Baltic amber had decorated a crown of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutanhamon, it is one of the very first jewels. Data on it occurs already at the Homere in "Odysseus" (by the way, it is the only semi-precious stones named in this poems). The Roman historian Tatsit informs that amber brought "from the country of Germen", it was traded by Phoenician merchants who called it Sahal (pitch drops).
In some of the tribes amber played a role of money.
Amber is a stone of health, happiness and the sun, the love amulet, capable to attract to the owner of semi-precious stone object of his lamentation. by its own orange color the amber psychologically influences the person wearing it - exciting, amusing and invigorating, cheerful and hot.
The only thing in the world the industrial enterprise for amber extraction is in settlement Amber the Kaliningrad region Russia. Amber deposits in the Kaliningrad region make not less than 90 % from the world.
Amber is a stone of creativity. It strengthens belief, optimism. It is still connected with sports, physical strength, bouyancy. Never carry amber in silver, but only — in copper or in copper alloys with its high concentration. Or amber in the pure state, for example, in the form of a necklace. It needs to be carried as close as possible to a neck.
The Baltic amber had decorated a crown of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutanhamon, it is one of the very first jewels. Data on it occurs already at the Homere in "Odysseus" (by the way, it is the only semi-precious stones named in this poems). The Roman historian Tatsit informs that amber brought "from the country of Germen", it was traded by Phoenician merchants who called it Sahal (pitch drops).
In some of the tribes amber played a role of money.
Amber is a stone of health, happiness and the sun, the love amulet, capable to attract to the owner of semi-precious stone object of his lamentation. by its own orange color the amber psychologically influences the person wearing it - exciting, amusing and invigorating, cheerful and hot.
The only thing in the world the industrial enterprise for amber extraction is in settlement Amber the Kaliningrad region Russia. Amber deposits in the Kaliningrad region make not less than 90 % from the world.
