Masterpiece lamp made of Great Fluorite with a beautiful play of light from the south of Mexico.

Masterpiece lamp made of Great Fluorite with a beautiful play of light from the south of Mexico.

Mexico “El Classico” mineral sales box with 54 pieces (6 types each 9 pieces)

Mexico “El Classico” mineral sales box with 54 pieces (6 types each 9 pieces)

Amber "Blue Amber" cut from Sumatra and beautifully placed on "pin"

"Pins" have become indispensable in our range, in 2015 we presented our first minerals on "black presentation pins", and now we have more than 120 minerals and fossils on pins.
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Amber "Blue Amber" cut from Sumatra and beautifully placed on "pin" is available to buy in increments of 1

Amber (incorrectly called amber) is a fossil resin that comes from coniferous trees. These trees were often referred to by the scientific species name Pinus succinifera, a still living pine species. The resin dripped from the trees millions of years ago and then petrified. Amber dates from the Mesozoic to the Quaternary. Amber is usually warm yellow to dark red in color, but there are also more green, blue or even black colored varieties. Clear amber is generally considered the most beautiful and is the most precious. From a mineral point of view, amber has an amorphous structure. It is quite soft, the hardness is 2-2.5. The word amber - in German Bernstein - comes from the Lower Saxon word börnen, which means to burn. Indeed, this semi-precious stone is flammable. Amber is called amber in English. In Dutch, amber usually refers to the color amber. A substance from the intestines of the sperm whale is also called amber. This substance has a strong odor and is used in perfumes. The fact that many insects are found in amber was not lost on the Romans. They (correctly) explained this by assuming that amber was liquid when it covered the insects. So they called the stone succinum or gum stone. The name is still present in succinic acid, in the scientific name for the pine species Pinus succinifera and also in succinite, a name given by James Dwight Dana to a certain type of amber originating from the Baltic Sea region. A common group of land snails are the Amber snails. They are so named because of the amber-yellow color of the cochlea. The scientific name of an amber snail species is Succinea putris. Amber is electrically charged by rubbing it against an animal's fur. For this reason, the term electricity is derived from the Greek word for amber, electron (Latin: electrum). In Greek mythology, the god Helios one day had his son Phaeton drive the solar car. But Phaeton couldn't keep the horses in check, so the sun scorched heaven and earth. This is how the people of Ethiopia got their dark color. To save Earth, Zeus throws his lightning bolt at Phaeton, causing him to fall dead. Phaeton's sisters, the Heliads, mourn him. Their tears trickle down and solidify into amber. The Greek mythological figure Elektra is identified with amber. The Greek word for amber is "electron" (ηλεκτρον) from which our word "electricity" comes, because according to the Greeks an amber came from the amber islands that were situated at the mouth of the legendary Amber river in the far north, the Eridanos.

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