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  Types of amber
Baltic amber or succinite was once thought to be the only "true" amber and is the most suitable for jewelry.
Gedanite is found with Baltic amber and thought to be resin from an extinct white pine species.
Krantzite and gedanite are both rare varieties of Baltic amber, that is they contain some succinic acid, but both have lower hardness and other differing properties from Baltic amber or succinite.
www.emporia.edu /earthsci/amber/types.htm   (784 words)

  
  Gedanite Information Center - Gedanite
There is also strong evidence for the theory that the Baltic coasts during the advanced civilization of the Nordic Bronze Age was the source of most amber in Europe, for example the amber jewelry found in graves from Mycenaean Greece has Gedanite been found to originate from the Baltic Sea.
During the 14th century, the Teutonic Knights controlled the production of amber in Europe, forbidding its unauthorised collection from beaches on the Baltic coastline under their jurisdiction, and punishing breakers of this ordinance with death.
Gedanite, or brittle amber, closely resembling succinite, but much more brittle, not quite so hard, with a lower melting point and containing no succinic acid.
www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Chemistry_Topics_G_-_Ha/Gedanite.html   (2242 words)

  
 Amber - LoveToKnow 1911
Amber was carried to Olbia on the Black Sea, Massilia on the Mediterranean, and Hatria at the head of the Adriatic; and from these centres it was distributed over the Hellenic world.
Whilst succinite is the common variety of European amber, the following varieties also occur: Gedanite, or "brittle amber," closely resembling succinite, but much more brittle, not quite so hard, with a lower meltingpoint and containing no succinic acid.
It is often covered with a white powder easily removed by wiping.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Amber   (1980 words)

  
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 Briefly about amber
Their origin is associated with particular tree species (also deciduous), or geochemical conditions.
These resins are: yellow transparent gedanite, brown beckerite, fl stantienite, variously coloured forms of glessite and gedano-succinite, very similar to amber; white, opaque goitschite, dirty white siegburgite and the so called fl amber.
Besides, search for amber on Baltic beaches or fishing for it in the sea provide collectors with lumps of subfossil resins such as colophony, and recent resins.
www.hermuz.hu /engweb/nws/amber2.htm   (2769 words)

  
 Types of amber, copal and resin.
It also posses much lower levels of succinite and for this reason is not thought to have originated from the tree Pinites succinifer, but rather Pinites stroboides.
Gedano-Succinite has similar properties to Gedanite and was defined though not named by the Scientist, O. Helm in 1877.
The primary difference between the two varieties is the level of succinic acid present, Gedano- Succinite has up to 2.2% present, Gedanite, none.
www.gplatt.demon.co.uk /typesof.htm   (3090 words)

  
 SPARKLES VINTAGE COSTUME JEWELRY - About Amber
Bone Amber resembles bone or ivory with bubbles and is opaque, soft and doesn't polish.
Gedanite from the Baltic is a resin that does not contain succinite and is sometimes classed as amber and sometimes as a gum.
Other natural ambers: Sicilian Amber (Simetite) yellow, orange, red, brown, sometimes with overtones of green or blue.
www.sparklz.com /info/amber.htm   (2048 words)

  
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 Saudi Aramco World : Amber Forever
After more than 20 years of searching for amber, Professor Acra estimates that he has now a color slide collection of more than 2,000 specimens.
It goes slowly, he says, because amber is a rather delicate substance that must be handled gently, particularly gedanite and schranfite, the reddish resin which occurs in the cretaceous rocks of Lebanon; it tends to crack under even fairly light pressure.
Other kinds - the brownish fl amber called stantienite, the earthy brown "rare" amber, known as beckerite, the almost opaque glessite, and the fossil resin allingite - all tend to be harder.
www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198106/amber.forever.htm   (2147 words)

  
 Amber at Jewelry Marketplace
The best quality amber is located in the Baltic area.
Different types of Amber are Succinite from Königsberg, Burmite from Burma, Simetite from Italy, Roumanite from Romania and Gedanite from Gdansk.
Durable, but soft, amber must be stored away from other jewelry pieces if it is to maintain its integrity.
www.jewelrymarketplace.net /stones/other/amber.aspx   (323 words)

  
 Polska Biżuteria
GEDAN is the name of a family-owned company.
The name comes from gedanite, a variety of amber found in the vicinity of Gdańsk.
The company offers a wide array of entirely handmade modern amber jewellery, easy to wear, individually designed and meticulously crafted.
www.polishjewellery.com /?pg=ar/ar_058a&lg=en&st=01   (270 words)

  
 Gedanite
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 What do we know about amber jewelry?
Amber jewelry was even found in tombs form Mycenaean Greece.
Succinite is the most common type of amber, but there are a lot of other varieties: gedanite, stantienite, beckerite, glessite, krantzite, allignite, roumanite, simetite, burmite.
All of these types have common features, but they are indeed different through composition, color and texture.
www.articletrader.com /shopping/fashion/what-do-we-know-about-amber-jewelry.html   (895 words)

  
 AMBER - Online Information article about AMBER
Whilst succinite is the common variety of See also:
European amber, the following varieties also occur: Gedanite, or " brittle amber," closely resembling succinite, but much more brittle, not quite so hard, with a lower melting-point and containing no succinic acid.
It is often covered with a See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /ALM_ANC/AMBER.html   (2599 words)

  
 Baltic Amber Jewelry Gemstone Fossil Resin Amber Precious Stone ExcelsiorPlanet.org
Amber jewelry was even found in tombs form Mycenaean Greece.
Succinite is the most common type of amber, but there are a lot of other varieties: gedanite, stantienite, beckerite, glessite, krantzite, allignite, roumanite, simetite, burmite.
All of these types have common features, but they are indeed different through composition, color and texture.
www.excelsiorplanet.org /index-13.html   (841 words)

  
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 gedanite - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
gedanite - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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 Amber Preferences   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I guess what I am trying to say is calling anything by a place name isn't accurate unless you dug it up yourself.
The mineralogical names apply when a learned minerologist is writing about the distinctive features in a comparative study to his colleagues who should know the difference between say simetite and gedanite.
Nomenclature can get goofy and is certainly confusing.
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