Vintage Sterling Denmark Amber N.E. From Ring

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Really pretty. Looks like a neutral or polished white metal finish behind the stones.To me this looks much more natural than the gold foil which I find a bit garish.

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@mmrogers
Thanks! It was an experiment, for sure.
There is nothing under the stone, just polished sterling.
I agree, foil looks weird under cabs like this. Plus the foil can discolor and then you have a bad look.

I think foiled stones only look good in antique Georgian jewelry!

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Nice job on that ring. I love it. And the cognac amber is gorgeous.

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Super looking bangle on that first pic.

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I really like amber too. Not an expensive stone, but very pretty. Here is a bracelet by Gliwinskiā€¦ I was going to flip it when I bought itā€¦but itā€™s too pretty! So I kept it. It fits but still has original tag on it so I may break it in, I may just pull it out to admire every now and then. :woman_shrugging:

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Thank you so much :smiley: That bracelet is gorgeous, I would definitely wear that one. Thanks again :grin:

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Good possibilty/question/observation.

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Donā€™t forget to get the hand lens out to look for insects in the transparent amber. They are in there. Almost every necklace Iā€™ve come across has at least one or two insects.

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Thanks Steve :smile: I have done that a few times and the bugs kinda freaked me out a bit lol. My son had a good time searching for them though :smiley:

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And maybe the bugs will have some dinosaur DNAā€¦

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Those insects make it more valuable. :ant::spider:

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@Stracci or anybody: could it be that your beautiful amber pendant is not pressed amber, but clarified/heated amber? From what i understand heated amber is still natural amber that has been heated and sometimes abruptly cooled down to give it more transparency, a deeper color and the (oftentimes desirable) sun spangles.

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@Bluegreen Iā€™m sure youā€™re right about treatment.

I donā€™t know much about amber treatment, but Iā€™m sure none of the amber used in jewelry is untreated.

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Thanks @Stracci me neither, but iā€™m trying to learn atm. Recently iā€™ve been very fascinated by Amber but am having a little trouble distinguishing truly untreated amber from treated & reconstituted etc.

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