Baltic Amber Butterscotch Graduated Yellow Butterscotch Necklace Natural 20" 43.8 gram

Baltic Amber graduated necklace made out of hand carved disc shape beads in natural polished yellow (lemon) and butterscotch colors. This is natural untreated amber.

The beads measure between 0.6 and 1 inch in length (1.5 - 2.4 cm).

Closure: twisted clasp

Length: 20 inch (50.5 cm)

Weight: 43.8 gram

Naturally transparent yellow amber (about 10% of all mined amber) is often found with natural impurities and inclusions in it and pure fully translucent chunks are rare and highly valued. Small transparent yellow chunks (0.5 – 1 inch long) can be found along the shoes of the Baltic Sea in Kaliningrad (Russia), Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark. Often yellow amber is specially treated and purified with high pressure. Inclusions are normally found and also very visible in this kind of amber.

Butterscotch, or matt color is fairly common – about 60-70% of all amber. It is distinguished by its cloudy look. It is non-transparent or semi-transparent. Butterscotch amber is often heated at high humidity to reach so-called “antique” color: yolk, or caramel. Butterscotch color ages beautifully due to natural oxidization and turns darker and darker reaching the color of yolk.