Huge Raw Amber Necklace
HK Item #BBN169

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Questions or more details. Store Policies	Huge Raw Amber Necklace HK Item #BBN169 - $225 plus s/h (ONLY ONE AVAILABLE)
	Paula says - "This butterscotch amber necklace is from the estate of a woman who collected jewelry from all over Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California. She purchased this necklace from Amber Collections in Santa Fe, New Mexico." 28 inches total length. Closed loop, no clasp. More Bargain Items See Vintage Jewelry See New Jewelry

WHAT IS AMBER?

Amber is fossilized pine tree sap. Even though it is not a mineral, it is classified as a gemstone. Most of the world's amber is 30-90 million years old. Amber ranges from bright yellow to dark yellow or brownish-orange, depending on its age and where it is found; in rare cases it can be red or blue. Most amber is opaque because of exposure to sunlight, but it can be translucent to clear, sometimes with greenish to goldish inclusions. Amber can contain insects, small vertebrates and other particulate matter. Amber takes an electrical charge when rubbed and develops a pleasant resinous smell when it is burnt. Baltic amber comes from the area around the Baltic Sea, including Poland, Lithuania, Germany, and Latvia. Baltic amber contains succinic acid, which makes it useful for teething necklaces and bracelets and for pain relief when worn against the skin; also for flea prevention in pets.

What is the Bargain Barn?

Our Bargain Barn is a mixed bag of new and used items. They might come from inheritances, estate sales, private collections, and store liquidations. We'll give you as much information as we can, but often the materials, date and origin are unknown.
Bargain Barn items are sold as described and are not returnable.

For vintage items visit our Vintage Shop.

For new items visit our New Jewelry Store.

Horsekeeping LLC - Definitions of Jewelry Age and Condition © 2015 Horsekeeping LLC © Copyright Information
Patina	A dark or colored film of oxidation that forms naturally on metal exposure to air and other elements. It is often valued for its aesthetically pleasing appearance.
Vintage	30 years or older.
NOS	New Old Stock. Retail store inventory from at least 10 years ago.
Pre-owned	An item that has been used.

Our Rescue Mission
of Native American Indian Jewelry and Artifacts

We are in the vintage Native American jewelry rescue business and are passionate about finding new homes for used and vintage jewelry and artifacts. That's why we purchase Native American pieces from estates, inheritances, collection downsizing and New Old Stock (NOS) inventory from closed stores.

Often people contact us after taking a box of Native American jewelry to their local pawn shop and find that a pawn shop is mainly interested in melt value of the metals and not in preserving the beautiful historic pieces. To hear that people have considered selling these treasures for melt value makes us truly sad.

Melt value is usually far below what we would offer for the jewelry. Yet we can't pay retail price for items because of the time and cost involved in finding new homes for them. We have to research, often repair and restore the jewelry, photograph and list each item on our website, and sometimes hold pieces in inventory for years until the right buyer comes along.

Items that are not Native American made or that we cannot verify as such go into our Bargain Barn where you can find some real treasures at low prices.

We hope you'll find something special in our vintage shop that will complete yet another circle of our jewelry re-homing mission.

Huge Raw Amber Necklace HK Item #BBN169

WHAT IS AMBER?

Our Rescue Missionof Native American Indian Jewelry and Artifacts

Huge Raw Amber Necklace
HK Item #BBN169

Our Rescue Mission
of Native American Indian Jewelry and Artifacts