Cindy S.
June 20th, 2008, 01:58 PM
I purchased a piece of Baltic Amber jewelry from Russia at a convention.
The history on the Amber is that it's from an ancient forest and after storms, the amber will wash up on shores and they also dive for it.
Evidence of the flood? I've also seen lots of amber with insects embedded in it.
I'm starting to wonder.
http://www.americanamberassociation.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15
Facts About Amber
The quantities of resin which must have been generated in the Baltic deposits was phenomenal. This can be confirmed simply from the amount of amber that has been extracted from various Baltic mines. The Palmnicken factory, a German government controlled company extracted in 1925 a record 1,205,916 pounds.
Commercial mining and gathering activities have been recorded from as early as 1264 AD and in various guises continue to this day. Imagine, how much amber has been extracted over a period of 700+ years? It is also true to say that the majority of this extraction was subsequently turned into varnish and shellac. We will never know what wonders have been lost.
The amber from the Samland Peninsula in the Baltic is actually a secondary deposit. The original amber forest was probably located further South. The resin was subsequently carried South probably by two great rivers from its original site and deposited in a great estuarial drift of silt and clay. (At the moment this is still speculation as many scientists disagree on this point). This deposit site extends some way out under the sea. This is also the likely source of amber washed up onto the Norfolk, Suffolk beaches. Autumn and Spring storms together with complimenting tides tears pieces of raw amber from the sea bed and strands them on the shore line. If you look for amber it is usually mixed in with the stranded seaweed, litter and of course obligatory dead seagull.
The history on the Amber is that it's from an ancient forest and after storms, the amber will wash up on shores and they also dive for it.
Evidence of the flood? I've also seen lots of amber with insects embedded in it.
I'm starting to wonder.
http://www.americanamberassociation.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15
Facts About Amber
The quantities of resin which must have been generated in the Baltic deposits was phenomenal. This can be confirmed simply from the amount of amber that has been extracted from various Baltic mines. The Palmnicken factory, a German government controlled company extracted in 1925 a record 1,205,916 pounds.
Commercial mining and gathering activities have been recorded from as early as 1264 AD and in various guises continue to this day. Imagine, how much amber has been extracted over a period of 700+ years? It is also true to say that the majority of this extraction was subsequently turned into varnish and shellac. We will never know what wonders have been lost.
The amber from the Samland Peninsula in the Baltic is actually a secondary deposit. The original amber forest was probably located further South. The resin was subsequently carried South probably by two great rivers from its original site and deposited in a great estuarial drift of silt and clay. (At the moment this is still speculation as many scientists disagree on this point). This deposit site extends some way out under the sea. This is also the likely source of amber washed up onto the Norfolk, Suffolk beaches. Autumn and Spring storms together with complimenting tides tears pieces of raw amber from the sea bed and strands them on the shore line. If you look for amber it is usually mixed in with the stranded seaweed, litter and of course obligatory dead seagull.