Amber and 925 Sterling Silver Earrings

These delightful earrings are of a rich honey- colored, typical of amber. "Her eyes were green flecked with amber." The setting and trim is 925 sterling silver. Amber is a hard translucent fossilized resin produced by the extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in color. Today. 90% of the amber comes from the Baltic region, namely Poland - and one city in particular: Gdansk. The city is surrounded by amber.