What Are The Rarest Colors in Amber?

Did you know that amber can come in many rare colors, not just the usual yellow? Every amber deposit has it's own rare colors. The rarest colors vary by each deposit. Each amber deposit makes amber like this, but the forces nature subjects it to make different rare colors. Dominican Blue Amber is made by forest fire smoke. Butterscotch and White Baltic Amber are created inside the trunk of a tree. Green Mexican Amber only created by saplings, and Mexican Red is from oxidation. Burmese amber has coffee colored amber made by roots. Indonesian amber can be blue from volcanic processes. We will examine each one of these in detail.

1) Blue Dominican Amber

Blue Dominican amber is created when fresh pitch is exposed to forest fire smoke. The thick black smoke settles into the clear yellow resin, and blue amber is the result. Also, burnt trees will produce amber to protect themselves after a fire. That amber naturally grows out of burnt wood, so that stump becomes a pocket of blue amber. Dominican blue amber is a mysterious color that can appear and disappear, depending on the light. See what blue Amber we have available here, and what AAA specimens we have available here.

Many pieces of raw Blue Dominican Amber

Polished Blue Dominican Amber

Two pieces of Blue Dominican Amber held in a hand

Blue Dominican Amber with red colors

AAA Blue Dominican Amber

Dark Blue Dominican Amber

Blue Dominican Amber on display

One piece of raw Blue Dominican Amber

2) Butterscotch Baltic Amber

Butterscotch Baltic Amber is created inside of a tree, not exposed to the outer elements. Because of this it will have very few insects. And the insects there are, you cannot see, because this amber color is opaque. This type of amber will patina caramel color over a few years of regular use. This patina increases it in value significantly, and antique butterscotch baltic amber is highly sought after by collectors. Antique butterscotch baltic amber is most popular in the Arabic market in the middle east, especially for making prayer beads called tasbeh (similar to Rosaries). See what Butterscotch baltic amber we have available here, and what AAA specimens we have available here.

Butterscotch Baltic Amber

unique shaped Butterscotch Baltic Amber

Inside of Butterscotch Baltic Amber

AAA Butterscotch Baltic Amber

Inner side of AAA Butterscotch Baltic Amber

Polished Inside of AAA Butterscotch Baltic Amber

AAA Butterscotch Baltic Amber

3) White Baltic Amber

White Amber is caused by millions of larger microscopic bubbles in the amber, which make it very porous and opaque. It is sometimes called "Foamy Amber." This is very similar to butterscotch baltic amber but the bubbles inside are bigger, thus making it whiter, even more porous, and able to petina beautifully. Because of the high porosity this amber does not take as high of a polish, but it is coveted nonetheless. This type of amber is usually created inside of a tree trunk that is not exposed to the outside elements. Because it grows inside a tree, it rarely gets bugs inside of it. This type of amber will create a darker caramel patina over a few years time. This patina causes it to increase in value and become much more expensive. This is especially popular with rosaries in the Arabic market. See what White Amber we have available here and see what AAA specimens we have available here.

Inner Side of White Baltic Amber

White Baltic Amber

Polished side of White Baltic Amber

4) Red Mexican Amber

Red Mexican amber is created through oxidation when amber is preserved very close to the surface of the Earth. The oxygen can permeate the top layers of soil and alter the amber over million years, it becomes red. The top of each amber deposit is red, and the rest below is the normal yellow. Therefor, red amber is the "cream of the crop." Red mexican amber is among the finest colors of amber in the world. It is red both backlit and toplit, and can sometimes display greens. This type of amber can frequently glow in the dark very well. See what red amber specimens we have available here, and what AAA specimens we have available here.

Large AAA piece of Red Mexican Amber

Red Mexican amber with a flashlight behind it

Polished red mexican amber with a flashlight behind it

Red Mexican amber with insects backlit

Beads of Red Mexican Amber

5) Glow in the Dark Amber

This can be amber from any deposit. Some amber specimens can glow in the dark with a flashlight. If you put the flashlight directly on the piece and then turn it off, the amber will retain a teal or yellowish glow for up to 10 seconds or more. The theory is because light is bouncing around inside of the amber and cannot escape due to the thick polymerization. This happens in many deposits, but none is better than red Mexican Amber. See what glow in the dark amber we have available here, and see what AAA specimens we have available here.

Red Mexican Amber Glowing Under a Flashlight

Unpolished Red Mexican Amber glowing under a flashlight

Red Mexican Amber reacting under a flashlight

Blue AAA Dominican amber under a flashlight

Root Burmese amber glowing under a flash light

6) Green Mexican Amber

One of the rarest colors in the world, Green Mexican amber is also among the most striking visually. Green Mexican Amber is created by sapling trees. This green effect is most striking in the Mexican Amber deposits. Other deposits can make green but it’s never the same as this. Mexican green Amber is less than 1% of all the amber found. It has a type of black dust or smoke inside of it. That smoke later becomes a patina over a few years. The patina is white, smoky, and is highly valued. This is possibly the hardest color to get your hands on in the world because it is in the least supply compared to other rare colors. Only handfuls are found each year. See what Green Mexican amber specimens we have available here, and see what AAA specimens we have available here.

Group of Green Mexican Amber

Rare Green Mexican Amber with insect inside of it

Rare Green Mexican Amber

Different shaped Green Mexican Amber

Different shaped Green Mexican Amber

7) Blue Indonesian Amber

Indonesian blue Amber is blue because the amber was fossilized underground alongside lignite and coal, which are black. The Indonesian earth is very volcanic so it remained warm and moved a lot over the 20 million years it fossilized for. Therefore, it absorbed the blue. Indonesian blue has striking color tones. It is also the easiest type of blue amber to get a large piece for an affordable price. This type of Amber is more affordable than Dominican Amber. Is equally as beautiful, but softer and scratches more easily. See what Indonesian Blue Amber we have available here, and see what AAA specimens we have available here.

8) Root Burmese Amber

Also known as a coffee amber. Root/Coffee Amber from Burma is created by the roots of trees that were growing in brackish water. The roots mineralized inside of theaAmber along with other inclusions and created a brown white amber with distinct swirls. This color is especially popular in China. See what Root Amber specimens we have available here, and what AAA specimens we have available here.

Root Burmese Amber glowing Under a flashlight

Root Burmese Amber Natural Display

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