Blue amber can be used for hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry. This beautiful gem stone is ideal for use in custom jewelry because there is only very little of it found, which makes it an extremely rare and very exclusive gem material.
In contrast to other gemstones, blue amber has no solid color. The pictures of the piece you see at the top and to the left are taken in natural daylight on two different surfaces and yet, it is the same piece of jewelry. How is this possible?
When natural light strikes Blue Amber on a white surface, the light particles pass right through, and then are refracted off the white surface. Result: the Blue Amber has a slight blue hue. When the same natural light particles strike the Amber on a dark surface, the light particles don't refract off the black surface, thus refracting off the actual Amber. The hydrocarbons in the Blue Amber turn the sun's ultraviolet light into blue light particles, resulting in the famous glow of Blue Amber.
This effect is only possible in the Dominican Republic Blue Amber category. Any other Amber (such as Baltic Amber) will not display this phenomenon. If you are interested to know more about Dominican Amber and particularly about Blue Dominican Amber, you will find more information at Blue Amber - True Blue?.
Blue amber can be cut into cabochon gmstones for jewelry purposes. A cabochon gem stone is polished with a flat back and an outward bulging top. The cabochon in above pictures has even been cut into a unique shape with certain facets to create a refractive, color-changing effect that changes with the angle of your perspective
A blue amber cabochon can be paired with any gemstone one could desire for extremely attractive jewelry. A wide variety of colors and shades of blue are available to made into jewelry depending on the concentration of hydrocarbons in the Blue Amber but also on the inclusions inside the stone that reflect the ultraviolet rays. The more inclusions it holds, the stronger the color reflection.
But for some, it is the yellow/light-blue variation that focuses more on transparency and pureness in addition to a bluish hue as can be seen in in the the beautiful bead of this piece of jewelry. It is the unique glassy look that appeals.
When you decide to use diamonds in combination with blue amber, you should be aware that diamonds are much more common than BLUE amber. See: Blue Amber - how rare is it?
Of course, blue amber can also be cut into the different types of beads for jewelry designs as well as "gemstone chips".
Large blue amber beads with their unique appearance can really become the focal point in any design of jewelry. Carefully crafted, they can transmit and reflect the different shades of the blue amber. They are great as accent, as they refract the light and catch your eye.
We don't produce Blue Amber Jewelry, but often we have Blue Amber Cabochons available and we can help you to use the best rough blue amber material to produce jewelry. We have seen Blue Amber used in jewelry alone by itself, set in silver, white gold and gold, with and without diamonds.
To get to know more about us, please use the links up on the right. If you want to have blue amber jewelry produced, let us help you with some references. If you want to have blue amber jewelry produced, let us help you with some references.
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