Amber education

Gintaras (Lithuanian for amber) comes from "ginte" (meaning to protect). Amber is said to cure all manner of ailments from arthritis to epilepsy, impotence, Black Death, goitres and sore throats. Wear amber close to your skin to ward off evil spirits and protect from drowning. Amber is any... more

In ancient Rome was used as medicine and as a protection against different diseases. Calistratus (?) famous physician of those times, wrote that amber protects from madness, powder of amber mixed with honey cures throat, ear and eye diseases and taken with water cures stomach illnesses. Pliny the Younger noted... more

Amber is a powerful chakra cleanser and healer. At a physical level, is imbues the body with vitality and has the power to draw disease out of the body. By absorbing pain and negative energy, amber allows the body to rebalance and heal itself. Amber alleviates stress. Baltic amber is an excellent natural... more

Amber is a fossilized tree resin that has taken millions of years to form. Amber comes in many shades and colors, although the most common are cognac, honey, green, lemon yellow, ivory and cream/yellow. Amber is lightweight and because it is an organic substance, each piece is unique. Occasionally,... more

Amber can vary in color from yellow to red, from green to blue, but amber's color is usually honey brown. The best commercial amber is transparent, but some varieties are cloudy. Sometimes insects or pieces of earth, leaves, pine needles and inclusions of small plant and animal fossils are present in the amber.... more

Baltic amber is conifer resin that lost the largest part of its volatile components during fossilization. Different amber pieces are found from crumbs of 1-2mm to bars one meter long and about 10kg weight. Few big amber pieces are known - if a piece is bigger it is more rare. The biggest amber piece is 47cm long... more

The resin contains, in addition to the beautifully preserved plant-structures, numerous remains of insects, spiders, annelids, frogs, crustaceans and other small organisms which became enveloped while the exudation was fluid. In most cases the organic structure has disappeared, leaving only a cavity, with perhaps a... more

Amber truly possesses a life-giving energy. It takes its beginning in luxuriant forests as old as the mother earth itself. Later waters and masses of ground fell on them. However the treasures of those times survived preserved in it, therefore amber contains joy and happiness. >From ancient times people living... more

The sea has sent amber to the Baltic shores for thousands of years. According to Lithuanian folklore, Perkūnas, god of thunder, got angry when sea goddess Jūrate and drop-dead gorgeous fisherman Kastytis got it together. Whipping the sea up into a frenzy, Perkūnas chained Jūrate to her underwater amber palace and... more

Amber brings good luck. It is associated with time, cycles and longevity. Amber is also regarded as being highly sensual and magnetic. Amber insures very long enjoyment of the qualities that make the wearer attractive. Amber has long been associated with healing energy and mental stimulation, and is said to balance... more