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Showing today is a Pair of .925 Sterling Amber Clip Back Earrings circa 1963 - ? They are from Poland and are hallmarked with a .925 w/ a womans head facing to the right and a G above the .925 - below is a (1G4) which means they were created in GDANSK.

Genuine Polish Baltic Amber (please see history below) these are really pretty cool earrings with extreme Sun Fire add the history and it makes them even cooler for anyone who may not have pierced ears, prefers smaller earrings, or would love a pair of Genuine Vintage Polish Baltic Amber Earrings.

Awesome Vintage pieces of history!

These earrings can easily be made into pierced earrings. These are a few decades old - so there is some tarnishing - most vintage collectors prefer that they remain in their true aged state - but...if you would like them polished before shipping I can most certainly oblige - just let me know.

SIZE: 1/2" ROUND

The History of Polish Baltic Amber

Baltic amber, which is sometimes also known as succinite (only the latter is used in Polish goods), comes from the Quaternary beds which are on Polish territory, and the Tertiary beds on the Sambian Peninsula in Russia.

The resin of coniferous trees which dates back about 40 million years, was transported by rivers from Scandinavia and what is now the Baltic Sea, and deposited in the so-called "blue earth" of the delta between Chlapowo and the Sambian Peninsula. This large delta, from Karwia near Chlapowo in Poland spread up the Sambian Peninsula and made deposits in the northern, shallow shelf of the epicontinental marine basin of the Eocene.

Baltic Amber is defined as a fossil resin from coniferous trees containing succinic acid. It is succinate, which gives Baltic Amber its pride of place among all other fossil resins.

Other fossil resins for which there are around 100 have been identified, either do not contain this acid or contain less than 3 per cent.

The rich history of the amber -- from the time it is a fluid resin flowing from the trees until the time it is found on the beach -- contributes to the exceptional beauty of the Polish Baltic Amber.

In comparison with the Amber mined from the Sambian mines, which lies below sea-level for 40 million years in the conserving environment of the "blue earth," it is definitely more beautiful. The natural weathering enriches the beauty of the amber.

An excerpt from Prof. Barbara Kosmowska-Ceranowicz, Museum of the Earth, Warsaw
Wieslaw Gierlowski, Amber Association of Poland, Gdansk