
Amber is a petrified tar of trees which grew over twenty-thirty million years ago and now are buried on the bottom of the sea. The findings of the archaeological excavations show that amber was used to make jewelry already 4 thousand years ago. Baltic amber was decorating the crown of Egyptian pharaoh Tutanhamon. Gomer in his Odyssy also mentioned amber. There are about one hundred sorts of amber (roman tyrant Neron preferred black amber). Romans knew how to paint amber red and such red amber was as expensive as gold. Sometimes one can find insects in small pieces of tar which are as old as amber itself. In the first centuries A.D. Phoenician merchants would exchanged a piece of amber with a fly for 120 swords and 60 daggers.Amber is often used as a mascot, it inspires optimism, attracts friends and helps in love affairs. Amber is also believed to posses different curative qualities. Already in old days amber grind to powder was used as a biogenic stimulator improving immunity. White amber is considered to be the most curative. As for the signs of Zodiac, amber is recommended to people born from 21 January till 31 January and from 23 July till 12 August. "Kaliningradsky Yantar". The history of the Baltic "gem" which beauty and unusual therapeutic properties won great glory and fame since the oldentimes. The amber is shrouded in legends and folk narrative ballads. The Baltic seaside, in the nearby Yntarny Settlement, of the Kaliningrad Region, is the location of the world's largest amber deposit; this area contains over 90 percent of the worlds known reserves. Articles, which combined amazing natural properties of amber with the artist's flight of fancy, are widely known all over the world. The enterprise produces over 600 types of jewelry articles in silver, brass and German silver settings. Amber beads and necklaces, rings and earrings, bracelets end pendants, cigarette- or cigar-holders and souvenirs invariably gladden human hearts and eyes by the warmth of its sunny colours.