Detailed Product Description

Dominican Blue Amber is real natural amber, fossilized resin of ancient trees which was formed through a natural polymerization, up to 40 million years ago. It has not been treated or "enhanced" in any way.

Is it really blue? Blue amber is blue, but not the way you might think. When sunlight strikes the Blue Amber on a white surface the light particles pass right through and are refracted by the white surface. Result: the Blue amber looks almost like any other Caribbean Dominican amber, only with a light blue hue. If you place it over a dark surface, the light particles can't refract off it, so it is the Amber that refracts, and the hydrocarbons in the Blue Amber turn the sun's ultraviolet light into blue light particles. The result: the famous blue glow of Blue Amber.

Is this common with any amber?

No. This effect is possible with Natural Dominican Blue Amber pieces graded within the Blue Amber category. Baltic amber, for example, will not display this phenomenon at all. Other Dominican amber will show this refraction only in concentrated UV light, but not in natural light.

Dominican Amber is the real thing, natural amber as it comes from the mine. It has not been heat enhanced or colored or treated to "enliven and brighten" the stone.

Amber from the Dominican Republic stands out from the amber found in other regions, because the occurrence of fossil insects in Dominican Amber is about 10 times higher than in Baltic amber and it is also 90% more transparent. It is found in several colors you will find now here else in the world.