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Blue amber is only found in one country: here in the Caribbean, in the Dominican Republic. If you want to buy Dominican blue amber, we as amber gemstone dealer and direct exporter are here directly at the foot of the mountain where blue amber is found with the best contacts into the mine to serve you the best we can. We of AmbarAzul sell Dominican Blue Amber and amber gem stones wholesale to you directly from the place of its very origin. Amber jewelry supplier and Dominican blue amber sterling silver jewelry and gold jewelry supplier using Dominican amber directly from the mines, as a manufacturer who offers custom crafted amber semi products and amber and silver jewelry, rough amber and raw amber from the Dominican mines in the Caribbean, aamber cabochons, or amb er cabs, mber earrings, amber bracelets, amber rings, amber chains, amber necklaces and blue amber necklaces as well as beads and cabochons and typical Caribbean amber jewelry. There are several theories about the origin of the blue color in blue Dominican amber and it is not fully understood what causes the blue color in Dominican blue amber. We know that it is a result of blue fluorescence and no solid blue color. The best way to test blue amber is placing it under an ultra-violet lamp which intensifies the blue olor to a radiant cobalt-blue. And, we have noticed that blue amber can be recognized by a very agreeable smell. One theory links the color in Dominican blue amber to the occurrence of volcanic ash or dust which was present when the resin was first pressed out from hymenaea protera millions of years ago. And - of course - besides the blue Dominican amber, we also have rough amber in regular amber colors and all those special amber colors like green amber and blood red amber, purple amber, as they are only found in Dominican Amber. Blue amber comes in different shades of blue. It is difficult to put Dominican Blue Amber into categories, since our Caribbean amber is not an industrial product. In the lower quality (regular blue amber), the blue tone can only really be appreciated under an ultra violet light source. Then you will find a strong blue reflection in the yellow undertone of Dominican blue amber (strong blue). But there is also something we call "ultra blue amber" which is visible in almost any kind of light. This is extremely rare, hard to get and - of course - the most expensive kind of Dominican blue amber. And - of course - there is everything in between, never the same, because it is the beauty of nature and not a semi-industrial product like reconstituted and enhanced material from some other countries. Amber from the Dominican Republic is renowned for the diversity of fossils and inclusions it contains, the three rare "treasures", which are scorpions, lizards and frogs but also many other "bugs" in amber, like pseudo scorpion, fly, damsel fly, dragon fly, termite in amber. Therfore, we also offer fossil amber with bugs in amber. Our Dominican Blue Amber is the REAL thing, natural amber just the way it comes from the mines. While the mystery around the origin of its color has not been cleared, one thing is sure: Dominican Blue Amber is beautiful and it is extremely rare.

Is Blue Amber among the world's rarest gems?

By Alec Corday


You bet it is, despite the fact that its price does not quite reflect that fact. Not yet.

Most prices for rare gems are basically adjusted according to what the seller wants to have and the buyer is willing to pay. And that depends a lot on the value the general public opinion puts on said gem.

The yearly production of gem-quality diamonds is at a whopping 140 Millionen carat, that is more than 280.000 tons. A lot more.

But as De Beers' Nicky Oppenheimer said: ''I don't want diamonds to be discounted. I abhor it. What is tantalizing is that at the luxury end - the famous blue box of Tiffany's - there are brands getting the margins and markups enjoyed in the luxury goods business as a whole. We want to see stores pushing the preciousness of diamonds rather than treating them as a commodity you can discount.''

Or this one: ''We realised that R&D was going to make the difference to this business. Diamond can be engineered in many ways to suit different applications. You can control characteristics like shape, crystal strength and thermal resistance that's why it's called an engineer's best friend,'' said Hultner, Diamond Research Laboratory (DRL), South Africa.

See how 'rare' diamonds are? Rare my foot.

And Blue Amber? Although there are no official numbers, but in comparison, top-grade Blue Amber will be found up to 30 kilos per year, high-grade Blue Amber has probably a yearly output of approximately 100 to 150 kilos, while the low-grade does not exceed 600 kilos per year. Now, that IS rare.

Just how is Blue Amber graded? There are three factors in setting prices and both fluctuate radically: availability, color and translucence or even transparence.

Availability is probably the most controlling one. There are some other places where you will find bluish amber on this planet. But since high-quality Blue Amber is only found in just one small region of the world, many outside factors influence the amount surfacing, the least of which is not rain.

Fooded Blue Amber Mine
And nobody likes to work in a flooded mine. Therefore, during the rainy season (Ocober to May) finds are scarce. And during the hurricane season (June to September), the mines are often flooded as well. The other question is: for how long will blue amber be found? The mines have not yet run out, but there is a strong possibility that it might happen one day. Inclusions Blue Amber

Color and translucence are the more complicated ones. The more inclusions, the stronger the color. The more translucence, the weaker the color. We have divided Blue Amber into different variations, and still each one can vary within its group.

Pure Blue Amber






This makes it difficult for a blue amber merchant to please customers since he is bound by nature's limitations. In the Baltic most of the amber produced for the world market is heated an treated to guarantee an even quality. With blue amber, this is not possible.

Being this scarce, why isn't Blue Amber more expensive? The answer is: top grade blue amber is expensive. Compared to regular amber and its color variations it is in the highest price range, fluctuating with the market value according to the above factors. Therefore, if you find a piece of blue amber being offered too cheap, it might not be the real thing you are looking at.

What about it's investment value? Unlike diamonds Blue Amber actually is an investment whose value increases over time. True, there will never be a well-known Blue Amber market in the likes of diamonds, but that is not a bad thing, to the contrary.

Doesn't it feel good to know you love Blue Amber, a gem so much more valuable than diamonds? Doesn't it please you that you are now above all the brain-washing and conditioning you've been put through over the years?

Yeah...diamonds are a girls best friend. But Blue Amber is her true love.

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Blue amber is only found in one country: here in the Caribbean, in the Dominican Republic. If you want to buy Dominican blue amber, we as amber gemstone dealer and direct exporter are here directly at the foot of the mountain where blue amber is found with the best contacts into the mine to serve you the best we can. We of AmbarAzul sell Dominican Blue Amber and amber gem stones wholesale to you directly from the place of its very origin. Amber jewelry supplier and Dominican blue amber sterling silver jewelry and gold jewelry supplier using Dominican amber directly from the mines, as a manufacturer who offers custom crafted amber semi products and amber and silver jewelry, rough amber and raw amber from the Dominican mines in the Caribbean, aamber cabochons, or amb er cabs, mber earrings, amber bracelets, amber rings, amber chains, amber necklaces and blue amber necklaces as well as beads and cabochons and typical Caribbean amber jewelry. There are several theories about the origin of the blue color in blue Dominican amber and it is not fully understood what causes the blue color in Dominican blue amber. We know that it is a result of blue fluorescence and no solid blue color. The best way to test blue amber is placing it under an ultra-violet lamp which intensifies the blue olor to a radiant cobalt-blue. And, we have noticed that blue amber can be recognized by a very agreeable smell. One theory links the color in Dominican blue amber to the occurrence of volcanic ash or dust which was present when the resin was first pressed out from hymenaea protera millions of years ago. And - of course - besides the blue Dominican amber, we also have rough amber in regular amber colors and all those special amber colors like green amber and blood red amber, purple amber, as they are only found in Dominican Amber. Blue amber comes in different shades of blue. It is difficult to put Dominican Blue Amber into categories, since our Caribbean amber is not an industrial product. In the lower quality (regular blue amber), the blue tone can only really be appreciated under an ultra violet light source. Then you will find a strong blue reflection in the yellow undertone of Dominican blue amber (strong blue). But there is also something we call "ultra blue amber" which is visible in almost any kind of light. This is extremely rare, hard to get and - of course - the most expensive kind of Dominican blue amber. And - of course - there is everything in between, never the same, because it is the beauty of nature and not a semi-industrial product like reconstituted and enhanced material from some other countries. Amber from the Dominican Republic is renowned for the diversity of fossils and inclusions it contains, the three rare "treasures", which are scorpions, lizards and frogs but also many other "bugs" in amber, like pseudo scorpion, fly, damsel fly, dragon fly, termite in amber. Therfore, we also offer fossil amber with bugs in amber. Our Dominican Blue Amber is the REAL thing, natural amber just the way it comes from the mines. While the mystery around the origin of its color has not been cleared, one thing is sure: Dominican Blue Amber is beautiful and it is extremely rare.