The Stone: Amber
Secrets of the beauty of amber stone?
Today we will learn about a stone at the top of splendour, elegance and fame.” Our stone is from the colours of the sun, from which it gained its warmth and glow, and from the depth of its history, it carried its secrets and mysteries. In the last four hundred years, it was considered a precious material. Finding excellent materials from it became very rare.. and its uses varied greatly..especially among kings, princes and people of prestige in general.
It was used to inlay crowns and valuable jewellery. It also made the most beautiful rare antiques and jewellery preservation boxesصناديق
And contracts.. many beliefs were woven around him, but he does not reveal his secrets except to his lovers..they are only those who master his language. But the biggest and most surprising of those legends was his very truth: “Do you know what our stone is?! Some may have heard of it, but many are ignorant of its true value……….
amber stone
The legend of excellence and divine creativity
Amber has been known to human civilizations for thousands of years, and it was pressed on some sunken ships in the past. It was found within valuable commercial ammo loads. We find it contains many secrets and ambiguities. It is considered one of the strange things that nature produced after the will of the Almighty. It was known to the Phoenicians, the Pharaohs, the Greeks and others. It is one of the very ancient civilizations. The history of the origin of this substance goes back to millions of years (90-130 million years). Many studies and accurate researches have proved this information. Some insects and fossilized plants were found in some types of transparent ones dating back to that period. Timeline.
The nature of its origin and how it is..!
Amber is a resinous substance secreted by the trunks of some types of trees of the coniferous family. Trees secrete this substance as a means of defence against diseases, fungi, insects and others. Of course, if the secretions increase, they will weigh heavily on the tree trunk and fall to the ground or into the depths of the sea if The trees were close to him.. and with time, “millions of years,” the resin fossilized and turned into rocks (amber) with different colours and shapes depending on the surrounding environment.
Natural properties and divine benefits…
It consists of an organic and irregular amorphous semi-solid secreted through the sinuses and ducts of the cells of plants. Amber is heterogeneous in composition but consistent in terms of multiple resinous bodies. It is more inclined to dissolve in alcohol and ether, and chloroform binds and combines with other bituminous substances that do not dissolve or decompose. Amber is a group of polymeric chemical elements, which are two partial conjugates. Or more of a compound to form a compound with greater partial weight, meaning transforming a compound into another from several similar parts. Because it is soft and viscous, it often contains in its folds insects, small vertebrates, seeds or foreign bodies that stick to it during the transition to a state of ossification. Also, species of extinct insects are sometimes encapsulated in amber specimens.
Where is the amber?
The Russian region… Homeland and the Baltic Sea a place
It was obtained in antiquity from the coast of the southern Baltic Sea and the Dominican Republic and still exists today. As the coniferous trees that secrete amber increased around the Baltic Sea about 40 to 60 million years ago, amber is being mined and extracted around the Baltic Sea. Millions of years. It has been possible to collect many pieces of amber that contain these mummified organisms floating on the shores of the Baltic Sea due to the disintegration of its rocks belonging to the Miocene era. Some pieces of amber containing insects were also found by chance in Cretaceous rocks and Tertiary rocks in other areas.
Small quantities are also found in Sicily, Romania, Siberia, Greenland, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), Australia, and the United States. The Baltic countries and their extension eastward to Russia may seek to revive amber in Russia’s Baltic province of Kalini-Negrad. This type of precious stone is found in their region, which contains the largest amount of amber in the world, in a move aimed at restoring and protecting the glory of this craft.
And there are fossilized types of insects and rodents that differ from other regions, especially parts of Siberia, which are among the largest stocks in the world. Then the Dominican country comes, each with its own quality. Amber is used in the arts and the manufacture of jewellery, cigar holders, and tube stoppers.
Amber and the Arab heritage
Amber was common among the Romans, then the Arabs traded it after that and used it to make rosaries and ornaments in a wide range. It was mentioned in many Arab heritage books, such as the reminder of David Al-Jamahir by Al-Biruni, the vocabulary of Ibn Al-Bitar … etc.
Electricity is a derivation of the word amber.
It is clear that if the amber is rubbed with a piece of cloth, electricity will be generated on its surface, and light beams of straw and other things will be attracted by it. The Greeks knew amber, and they knew its property related to electricity generation by rubbing, and they named it (electron), from which the name Electricity was derived. As wonderful electrical energy characterizes amber. It was also used for ritual beliefs such as exorcism and evaporation of its smoke to enjoy a beautiful smell.
Priceless insects…!
Amber contains species of extinct insects, sometimes encapsulated in amber samples, so it is not surprising to see mummified insects or other animal or plant creatures inside amber for periods estimated at thousands or millions of years. These insects or organisms appear in full detail, which facilitates the study of nature and