Stone Blogs — amber jewelry

 Mexican Amber Mexican amber hair fork by Corina Lunita. The backplate behind the amber has been cut to resemble a rising sun. Small coral cabochons accent the soft yellow stone. Amber is the resin from an old tree that seeped out as a defense mechanism and caught anything in its path in a little time capsule. It would trap organic materials like bugs, leaves, and even small animals like lizards, or feathers of dinosaurs! It then fossilized over millions of years and hardened to what we know it as today. Humans have been making jewelry with amber for thousands of years! Mexican amber...