Amber Ring

Amber is a stone of organic origin with different colors and a degree of transparency. Most often in jewelry you can find yellow or orange varieties - transparent or translucent with splashes.

The amber ring is valued not only for its amazing beauty, but also for its healing and magical effects.

Researchers in the field of medicine have proven many of the properties of this organic mineral that are beneficial to the body:

• headache relief;

• getting rid of viral infections and colds;

• improvement of metabolism and cardiac activity;

• treatment of skin diseases;

• stimulation of the nervous system;

• elimination of inflammations;

• general recuperation.

With the help of amber, folk healers have been treating ear-nose-throat diseases, asthma attacks, impaired vision, arthritis, and thyroid gland disorders for centuries.

According to ancient beliefs, amber jewelery has magical properties:

• protection from damage and the evil eye;

• vesting the owner with pep, good luck in battle, confidence;

• increased intuition;

• drawing attention to the opposite sex;

• strengthen friendship.

For many nations, this stone is traditionally considered a symbol of happiness and health.

For a beautiful image it is best to pick up items in the frame of precious metals. Yellow gold will be effectively combined with a stone of the same shade, and in silver of high samples or platinum amber inserts are perfectly contrasted. Ring framing can be solid or made from several types of alloys. Good combinations of metals of different colors, for example, red and white gold. Design jewelers come up with the most diverse - from monolithic jewelry with a smooth surface without patterns to complex embossed embossments. For female and male models of the rings, samples of silver 875 and 925 are used, and for yellow and red gold, 583, 585 and 750 for white.

Amber of various colors is perfectly combined with blackened silver. Such an alloy is obtained by adding sulfur to the composition. Under the influence of oxygen, the surface of the ornament is oxidized and acquires a noble black shade. Blackened silver from the Great Iron, which has become a real brand, is especially valued in our country. And the rings of it with amber inserts are real masterpieces of jewelry art.

This stone is found in nature, not only with the usual yellow, but with other colors. These species are rare, and therefore the cost of them will be higher. Multi-colored amber can be colorless, milky white, gray, greenish, blue, pink, red, brown or black. A beautiful and valuable gift for a loved one can be a ring of green amber, which has an even transparent or non-uniform shade with inclusions. Such a stone in the world is mined in only two places - the Kaliningrad region and the Dominican Republic, so the products from it are truly unique.

Beautiful rings made of red amber beads will give any woman charm and a charming look. With a rare fiery crimson amber will be perfectly combined figured frame of yellow gold. Polished stones are almost 100% transparent and very playfully shimmer in the light.

Women can use a large silver ring with an oval stone for the most solemn occasions.It is well suited to an evening dress or a black elegant suit with a hat. This image can be used on a date or in a restaurant.

Modern creative models of rings can combine several shades of amber. It is enough to insert 3 - 4 pebbles of different sizes, for example yellow, red, greenish, transparent, into the frame of silver of high samples or white gold. The result is an original model that will pleasantly surprise others.

Sometimes even dozens of small pebbles in a complex jewelry frame are used. So you can create a female ring with a unique artistic image. Such works are usually made to order for a unique design, and they have a high cost. You can, for example, order a decoration on the fingers in the shape of a bee or a flower.

Products with a large stone on the ring finger can emphasize the creative nature, and on the little finger - the desire for originality and originality. You can use opaque amber of a yellow shade in a massive metal frame.

Often on sale jewelry made of fake stone. The difficulty is that real amber has many shades and textures. And only a professional jeweler can visually distinguish it from a surrogate. But genuine stone has unique physical properties that any buyer can test.

Firstly, real amber, aged in the thickness of the earth for millions of years, has no smell. And its cheap substitutes often smell characteristic pine aromas. For complete confidence, you can put a stone on a hot metal surface. If there are odors and light smoke, then it is a fake.

Copal is often given for natural amber - a solid variety of organic resin. If you drop it on a pebble with acetone or alcohol, its surface will become sticky. There will be no trace of scratches from the copper needle on the copal, and they will be clearly visible on genuine amber.

A natural gem can be distinguished from a plastic counterfeit by trying to cut off a small piece of it. At that, amber will crumble, and polymer plastic will be chipped off in layers.

Finally, the easiest way to determine real amber is based on its density. In a glass of water must be dissolved 3 tbsp. tablespoons of salt. In this salt solution, a genuine stone will stay afloat, and a surrogate will drown. After this experiment, it is necessary to rinse amber, as it loses its appearance under the influence of a salty medium.

Rings or other products from amber should be kept at room temperature of 18 - 20 degrees, avoiding its significant differences. Nearby should not be any heating appliances, perfumes and household chemicals. Because of their fragility, one should not carelessly throw such decorations, drop them. It is necessary to touch the stone only with clean hands, especially the spots of various organic fats affect adversely the properties of amber.

If the products from amber are slightly dirty, then you can wash them with warm, but not hot, running water. If the pollution is strong, it is recommended to withstand them for several minutes in liquid ammonia. In its absence, simple saline solution helps - 1 tbsp. spoon for a glass of water, hold for 20 minutes. Then you must rinse the decoration with fresh water.

Among the interesting variants of amber-based jewelry it is worth noting:

• bee shaped amber ring;

• silver-rimmed ring with a reddish stone;

• model with multi-colored variants of amber.