Amber is a Organic Gem Material, This is not a mineral.

Amber is the Fossilized & Hardened Resin of a wide range of Angiosperms (Flowering Trees) and Gymnosperms (Conifers).

Amber has a Specific Gravity (SG) ranging from 1,04 to 1,09. Specific Gravity (SG) is the way to measure the relative density of a material, this value is expressed as a number that indicates how much heavier the gemstone is compared to an equal volume of water.

Being only slightly heavier than water, Amber floats in salt satured water, whose gravity is 1,1.

Amber hardness according to the Mohs Scale ranges from 2 to 3.

The Mohs Scale of Hardness was developed in 1822 by German geologist Friedrich Mohs who chose ten minerals to measure their resistance to scratching. From hardest to softest, see below the ten minerals used as reference in the Mohs Scale.

What is Dominican Amber ?

Dominican Amber is a Gem Material excavated from Amber Deposits in The Dominican Republic

Dominican Amber is The Fossilized Resin from the now extinct Angiosperm (Flowering Trees) Tree Hymenaea Protera. This is NOT a Fossilized Resin from a Gymnosperm (Conifers) like Baltic Amber. Dominican Amber in opposite to Baltic Amber, is well know for his Transparency, Large Color Spectrum, and Huge Variety of Fossil Animal inclusions as well as Botanical.

Is Dominican Amber Old ?

Dominican Amber is aged from 15 to 40 million years, varous Scientific Studies was performed in the matter, and even if we don't know at the time a more precise age, all investigations conducted so far agree for a formation during the Miocene – Oligocene Epoch Time Series (Neogene and Paleogene Pediods)

Dominican Amber Occurrences

In the Dominican Republic Amber is Mined on two areas, Main Deposits are Located in the Cordillera Septentrional from Santiago de los Caballeros to Puerto Plata in the Province of El Cibao, Secondary Deposits are located in the Province of Hato Mayor in the eastern part of the island around Sabana de la Mar and El Valle.

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