Amber Costume Jewelry

For the women with her own fashion sense. who wants affordable costume jewelry. Unique necklaces, chains, earrings, bracelets, bangles, brooches, dress clips, rhinestones, and more.

Amber is one of the most beautiful gifts mother nature can offer up. It is often classified as a gem, but amber is actually an organic substance and jewelry dates back to ancient times. Costume jewelry is mid range in price but if you really are on a tight budget why not consider amber costume jewelry which uses silver or plated gold.

Amber comes in a nice range of colors ranging from yellow, orange, red, white, brown, green, blue and almost black are all common.  Amber can be transparent or clouded. Transparent amber tones range from pale to dark yellow, to yellow light brown, where as cloudy amber comes in many colors.

Because amber never appears looking identical twice it is a fascinating choice of gems.  It is warm to the touch and it comes with unusual inclusions which capture the imagination.  Costume Jewelry amber captures the essence of true amber but is made from a man made resin rather than the natural amber resin and the price is substantially less although amber is a fairly reasonable gem in its natural form.  It’s warm touch with its unusual inclusions captures our imagination.

Amber has always been very fascinating as a gem and as a look back in time more than a million years. Amber began as a resin exuded from trees millions of years ago.  Infact today the trees which amber came from are extinct leaving behind only the beautiful amber. Once the resin was released from the tree several stages occurred. 

First over years to a 1000 years the volatile oils slowly evaporated away. Once the oils were completely evaporated the resin became hard and was called copal.  Next a change on the molectular structure occurs which causes the amber to harden and become less brittle and it takes millions of years to occur.  this stage generally occurs under sea water.  The darker the amber the longer it has been exposed to air.  Oxidation is what causes the darkening. 

What makes amber so neat is that as it hardens and takes shape organic material becomes traped in the amber resin.  In fact if you want the "best" amber piece look for one with a piece of insect or plant leaf in the amber.  It makes for a beautiful piece and it is the closest thing to owning a piece of the past that you will ever have.

Now the nice thing about amber costume jewelry is that the manufacturers have found the ability to make these faux pieces of amber look just like the real thing right down to the insects.  For the price they have a considerable life expectancy and if you avoid placing them in water and oil them lightly on a regular basis they will last even longer.  That's exactly what you do with the real amber too. 

When you purchase faux amber costume jewelry you will have the look of the celebrities without the cost.  After all most of us are on a budget and can't afford such luxury no matter how beautiful. Well here is some more great news.  No one will be able to tell the difference unless you bring along your jeweler.  Fool even your toughest critics with amber costume jewelry set either on silver or on gold plate.

Amber is one of the most beautiful gems on the market.  Why not fill your wardrobe with beautiful amber costume jewelry?  You'll be the gal that stands out in a crowd!

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