Monday, 21 December 2015

Learning about Baltic Amber

I know that the Baltic Amber is the most common amber in the world and that the famous Amber room was made fr om Baltic Amber.  Now, I know more about all the fuss about the Baltic Amber with this article:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/baterms/qt/baltic_amber.htm
Would be fun to see the amber trade route.  As I search, I found a lot of choice: https://www.google.ca/search?q=amber+trade+route&rlz=1CAASUB_enCA614CA614&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=701&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRlYCdq9_JAhUEiRoKHctACZcQsAQIJQ&dpr=1
All or nothing.  Which one to choose?  I hate think kind of situation.   I have a legitimate question, my curiosity is awakened and I need to know.  After a quick search, I find more than I bargened and feel a bit confused.  Which one is the best one?  After seeing a few, I guess I can have an idea and it seems logical: it goes from the north to the south, even if it deviate a little bit to go to destination.

The article had wetted my curiosity.  I would have liked to learn a bit more.  There are reference, so I may check that first.  It is amazing the route that some gems can take to end at their destination.  I think it is the first gems that had made the most distance to come at the jewelry store.  If I count the antiquity, it show how the commerce could be developped even with less than modern mean of travel.

I find that amber have something that other gemstones don't have.  Of course, amber is not like most of other gemstones.  I don't know if it is me but amber seems to get warmer quicker than other gemstone when held in the hand.  The colors of amber makes me think of various beers.  I had seen someone working with amber.  I seems easy to work with amber.  Seeing and doing are two things.  I would be game to try work with it, just to see if it is easy.  It is a material that I would like to work with it, at least once.  It is for the experience.  I must admit that I would like to work with many stones, not just amber.  Maybe I will make a list of those stones, get them and do a projects.  There is a lot of things that I would try, I just don't know if there is a place where I could do that with someone more advanced than me.

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