Since time immemorial, people have attributed magical properties to amber, a kind of fossilized resin formed millions of years ago. A small piece of amber... 08.11.2013, Sputnik International
Since time immemorial, people have attributed magical properties to amber, a kind of fossilized resin formed millions of years ago. A small piece of amber jewelry sometimes cost more than a young man being sold at a slave market.
Since time immemorial, people have attributed magical properties to amber, a kind of fossilized resin formed millions of years ago. A small piece of amber jewelry sometimes cost more than a young man being sold at a slave market.
Since time immemorial, people have attributed magical properties to amber, a kind of fossilized resin formed millions of years ago. A small piece of amber jewelry sometimes cost more than a young man being sold at a slave market.
The world’s only commercial amber production company is located in the town of Yantarny (Amber) in Russia’s Kaliningrad Region, whose amber deposits account for at least 90 percent of global reserves.
In the past, people simply collected amber on beaches and sandbanks. In the 14th century, they started using nets to retrieve it from the sea. The process of mining amber from the earth was invented in the 16th century.
Currently, amber is mined at quarries providing access to the so-called blue earth, a layer rich in amber located beneath a 30-40-meter thick section of ore-free earth.
Amber-containing ore is rinsed with water and subsequently delivered to an ore-processing factory, whose workers sort the amber stones, press them and convert them into chemical products.
After sorting, the unprocessed amber is placed inside special grinding drums in order to remove the oxide crust. Finally, the amber is polished inside drums with thick felt walls.
Women making amber necklaces and bracelets at the Amber factory in the Kaliningrad Region.
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