For years the demand for amber jewelry has been growing while the supply of high quality Baltic amber has been decreasing. The main source of Baltic amber – the mines in Sambia (Kaliningrad region) remain under water after flooding in 2004. It is estimated that the production of raw amber is down to 90% comparing to what it was just a few years ago. Amber gathering from Polish beaches and fishing for amber in the sea are too expensive, time consuming and labor intensive to fulfill the market’s demand. Therefore the manufacturers of amber are looking for new deposits and working with local governments to speed up the process of granting mining licenses.
As the supply of raw amber continues to shrink, Polish amber producers have become quite sophisticated with their designs and their marketing strategies. Today’s styles incorporate much more sterling silver than amber and rely on design, craftsmanship and quality amber as major selling points.
Unfortunately with increasing costs of amber mining the prices of amber products are going to go up. Therefore it is a great time now to buy amber jewelry and take advantage of 10 % off offer on all amber jewelry from Amberdesire.com.
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Reference: 'Amber Mining in Poland Today' by Andzia Chmil