Ring with amber

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

A ring with amber is valued not only for its stunning beauty, but also for its healing and magical effect.

Researchers in the field of medicine have proven many beneficial properties of this organic fossil for 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 inflammation;

• general recovery.

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

According to ancient beliefs, amber jewelry has magical properties:

• protection from damage and evil eye;

• endowing the owner with good spirits, good luck in battle, confidence;

• increased intuition;

• attracting attention from the opposite sex;

• strengthening friendship.

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

For a beautiful image, it is best to select products framed in precious metals. Yellow gold will be effectively combined with a stone of the same shade, and in high-grade silver or platinum, amber inserts contrast perfectly. The framing of the ring can be solid or made of several types of alloys. Combinations of metals of different colors are good, for example, red and white gold. Jewelers come up with the most diverse designs - from monolithic jewelry with a smooth surface without patterns to complex embossed embossing. For female and male models of 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 action of oxygen, the surface of the jewelry is oxidized and acquires a noble black tint. In our country, blackened silver from the Great Iron is especially valued, which has become a real brand. And rings from it with amber inserts are real masterpieces of jewelry art.

This stone is found in nature not only with the usual yellow, but also with other colors. These species are very rare, and therefore the cost for 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 made of green amber, which has an even, transparent or non-uniform tint with patches.Such a stone is mined in only two places in the world - the Kaliningrad region and the Dominican Republic, so the products made from it are truly unique.

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

A large silver ring with an oval stone can be used by women for the most solemn occasions. It goes well with an evening dress or a black elegant suit with a headdress. 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 into a frame made of high-grade silver or white gold, for example, yellow, red, greenish, transparent. The result is an original model that will pleasantly surprise others.

Sometimes even a few dozen small pebbles in a complex jewelry setting are used. So you can create a women's ring with a unique artistic image. Such works are usually made to order according to a unique design, and they have a high cost. You can, for example, order a decoration on your fingers in the form 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 yellow amber in a massive metal frame.

Often on sale there are jewelry made of fake stone. The difficulty lies in the fact 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 earth for millions of years, has no smell. And its cheap substitutes often smell of characteristic coniferous aromas. For complete certainty, you can place the stone on a hot metal surface. If odors and light smoke appear, then this is a fake.

Copal, a hard form of organic resin, is often passed off as natural amber. If you drop acetone or alcohol on such a pebble, then its surface will become sticky. From scratches with a copper needle, there will be no traces left on the copal, but on genuine amber they will be clearly visible.

You can distinguish a natural gem from a plastic fake by trying to saw off a small piece from it. In this case, amber will crumble, and polymer plastic will break off in layers.

Finally, the easiest way to identify real amber is based on its density. Dissolve 3 tbsp in a glass of water. tablespoons of table salt. In this saline solution, the real stone will float, while the surrogate will sink. After this experiment, it is imperative to wash the amber, as it loses its appearance under the influence of a salty environment.

Rings or other items made of amber should be kept at room temperature of 18-20 degrees, avoiding significant temperature fluctuations. Nearby should not be any heating appliances, perfumes and household chemicals. Due to its fragility, such jewelry should not be carelessly thrown or dropped.The stone should be touched only with clean hands, stains of various organic fats are especially unfavorable for the properties of amber.

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

Of the interesting options for jewelry based on amber, it is worth noting:

• amber ring in the shape of a bee;

• a ring in a silver setting with a reddish stone;

• model with multicolored variants of amber.