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Sterling Silver Cognac Amber Drop Earrings

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Honey Amber Collection: The most recognizable color of amber, it can be found in almost every key location where amber is mined: Africa, South America, New Zealand and Eurasia. Depending on location, the age of honey amber ranges from 1-90 millions years old. In essence, honey amber is a time capsule preserving compressed organic matter, such as insects, and even little animals. Known as the "Window to the Past", honey amber tells many fantastic stories from long, long ago. Cognac (or Honey) is the color most commonly associated with the amber gemstone. When people think of “the color amber”, it is the stone of cognac, or honey, amber that is described. If you were to mix together all the colors of amber on the same palette, you will produce a nice cognac shade. It is a hue often found in golden sunsets of the summer. Inclusions show up very nicely in this shade of amber. Often times, stones are selected merely on how the inclusions reflect light as the jewelry is worn. Amber is a conductor of heat, and provides healing energy if worn close to the skin.

The Amber Story

Honey Amber Collection: The most recognizable color of amber, it can be found in almost every key location where amber is mined: Africa, South America, New Zealand and Eurasia. Depending on location, the age of honey amber ranges from 1-90 millions years old. In essence, honey amber is a time capsule preserving compressed organic matter, such as insects, and even little animals. Known as the "Window to the Past", honey amber tells many fantastic stories from long, long ago. Cognac (or Honey) is the color most commonly associated with the amber gemstone. When people think of “the color amber”, it is the stone of cognac, or honey, amber that is described. If you were to mix together all the colors of amber on the same palette, you will produce a nice cognac shade. It is a hue often found in golden sunsets of the summer. Inclusions show up very nicely in this shade of amber. Often times, stones are selected merely on how the inclusions reflect light as the jewelry is worn. Amber is a conductor of heat, and provides healing energy if worn close to the skin.

The history of amber begins about 90 million years ago in lush green forests in the region of modern day Northern Europe. Trees in these regions produced an aromatic resin, used for protection against woodpeckers, fungus and bark-eating insects. This resin would slowly cascade covering the bark of the tree entrapping organic debris and sometimes live insects along the way. Nearly 40 different species of trees produced this protective resin, accounting for the numerous colors of amber today.

Over millions of years, this golden resin produced by pre-historic trees accumulated in many layers in the soil below. With the onset of The Great Ice Age, these forests perished, the soil froze and the fossilization process began creating deposits of beautiful amber. After The Great Ice, melted glaciers flowed on top of the amber deposits, forming the Baltic and North Seas. Due to this geological occurrence, amber found its new home in the sea. The gem spent many thousands of years below 100 feet of sand at the sea bottom. After violent sea storms, various lumps of amber would separate and float among the waves, eventually reaching the shore to be discovered by man. The Aisti people were the first to pick up amber lumps along the Baltic shores 25,000 years ago. Aisti believe that amber was pieces of the Sun that had fallen down to the earth and cherished it as a gift from the heavens.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VZOHOY
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,823 in Jewelry (See Top 100 in Jewelry)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice!, October 31, 2008

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M. Page (Grand Island, NE) - See all my reviews
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These earrings are beautiful, nicely sized and sturdy. I'm in love with amber and this was a great buy. The only "but" is that I was under the impression that the amber was a globe (completely rounded), but when I received them I found out that they're only globe-like on the front and flat on the back.

It's not a biggie though. I kept them and I really like them!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous earrings for the fall!, August 7, 2008

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Katy Lake (The People's Republic of New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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Yeah, yeah, I know you can wear amber year-round, but there's just something about the color that reminds me of autumn leaves and windswept days.

This earrings are NICE, much, much nicer than in the picture. I've been an amber fan for a long time, and I have several pairs of earrings. There was just something about the shape of these earrings that was unusual, and the amber itself was really interesting (amber being a natural material.)

I was not disappointed! The earrings hang nicely off my earlobe, and for a change, they're very easy to see under my hair. The amber ovoid globe is a nice size, not tiny or chintzy, and the silver leverbacks are pretty and sturdy. They hold the earrings on just fine.

If you can catch these earrings when Amazon is doing a 30 or 40 percent off sale (like I did :) ), I highly recommend you take the plunge. VERY well worth the price, and even better when they're marked down!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware!, December 14, 2008

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Judith Lundy "flower lover" (Dearborn Heights, MI) - See all my reviews
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The very first time I wore these, one of the stones fell out and was lost. Imagine my disappointment when an associate at work asked me if I knew that the stone was missing in one of my earrings.