making it a relatively recent entry to the jewelry market

Among the oldest documented gemstones

As the quartz crystal grew

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Amber Drilled Pendant Saffordite making it a relatively recentAn ancient organic gem, drilled and ready to wear. Amber is fossilized tree resinnot a mineral but an organic gem aged over 30 to 90 million years. Warm to the touch and far lighter than stone, it ranges from translucent honey to deep cognac. Inclusions of ancient plant matter appear in some piecesa direct window into the forest that produced the resin. This piece retains its natural form, drilled at the top to hang from a cord. Baltic amber has