Amber - 01

Amber is a soft and gentle healer often used to keep babies and children free of worry and pain. It’s a stone that many use as a connection to ancient wisdom of the earth and of the soul self. 

Use in a ritual to feel balanced in mind and body and forge a deeper connection with your body’s intuition. 

NOTE: This Amber has not been clarified/heat treated.

Formed of fossilized tree resin commonly ranging in age from 1 million to 300 million years old, amber is classified as an organic gem material that has been worn as jewellery and used for carvings since the dawn of time. Chemically, amber is a hydrocarbon (an organic compound of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen) although the chemical compositions are quite variable between the different worldwide sources. Unearthed predominantly in the BaILc Sea region of Europe, it is also found in the Dominican Republic, Myanmar, Sicily, Romania and Mexico.

A tree may exude resin (a different substance to sap) as a defence against injury, disease and/or insect and fungal attack. The resin is initially a soft, sticky substance engulfing bits of bark, insects, plant/ flower parts as it gracefully oozes out from resin canals within the tree. Not all tree resin is defined to become amber. Much like all fossils, there are specific conditions of heat, pressure and biological environments that are required for the mechanism to take place. The process of transformation from tree resin to amber is described as ‘amberisation’ and is a two-part process.

Over the course of 2 — 10 million years, the resin first begins to harden through a process of molecular polymerization. Here the resin must be in anaerobic (oxygen-free) conditions under layers of overlying sediment where the aid of pressure and heat can transform the soft resin into harder and more stable ‘copal’ resin. From here, sustained conditions of heat and pressure can further evaporate terpenes (organic compounds within the resin) to form a hard, solid natural plastic (amber).

Crystal System: organic/ amorphous 

Keep away from flames and freezers. Wash in warm soapy water, cleanse with sound, smoke or water. No salt. 

MOHs hardness: 5

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Yes, our crystals are ethically sourced & sold.

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Ethical mining/sourcing refers to the conditions in which a crystal is unearthed and the people and/or businesses that do it. Whilst a mineral may be sourced ethically from the earth, many stones are sent to factories in other countries for cutting and polishing into spheres and generators. 

The label of ethics also applies to the selling and consumer purchasing. 

Crystals must be correctly identified, certified as natural with any treatments disclosed. Too often crystals are lab grown or treated in a lab and sold as natural. This is incredibly important to us (and our in-house gemmologist) so each piece is tested and certified and accompanied by and authenticity card.

We pride ourselves on our crystal ethics, from earth to home.