Cherry Amber Jewellery

If you have always been fascinated with all things found in nature, you will surely be intrigued in amber. In fact, you might already be familiar with it, or you might even have some amber jewellery hidden somewhere in your house.

Amber is one of the oldest gemstones that have been used in jewellery making, originating as far back as 13,000 years. It is also admired for its elegance and radiant colours.

This gemstone also has a few characteristics that set it apart from the rest. While amber is often thought to have a rich golden hue, it actually comes in other exciting colours too. One of these is none other than cherry amber.

Cherry amber, more popularly called red amber, is very valuable and rare. Its natural red colour is a bit rusty, and you can also find it in dark brown to golden red varieties. Some may confuse it to cognac amber but cherry amber typically has a matte finish.

The shade of the amber will depend on the specific type of resin and the certain conditions where it was fossilised. In terms of its transparency, it is very important to have micro bubbles present in the structure of the mass. These micro gas bubbles are the remainders of the water present in the resin during evaporation.

Cherry amber was formed as the result of the oxidation process. The fossil’s long exposure with air developed intense colours. So, the saturation of the shades was mainly dependent on the length of time the amber was affected by oxygen—the darker the colour, the longer the oxidation.

You are probably wondering why many people cannot help but fall in love with cherry amber jewellery. Some cherry amber pieces contain tiny mosquitoes or ants trapped—called inclusions—from the time the amber originated as tree resin. This is partly the reason behind the powerful and magical properties of cherry amber.

Aside from cherry amber, you will also find other warm amber colours such as orange, yellow, and brown tones, which are some of the most popular. The warm colours, reminiscent of the sun, are the reasons why most people think of amber as the stone of the sun.

At Amber Lynx, we stock many bespoke jewellery in cherry amber. Click here to see our range.