We are wondering if it will be a jewelry collector or a scientist that grabs this unique necklace up from Lawrence’s Fine Art Auctioneers on April 23, 25th and 26th this year in Somerset, UK. The amber used in the necklace originated in the La Toca mine in the Dominican Republic. Each of the transparent stones is over a whopping 40 million years old. Each of the 40 amber stone comes complete with it’s own fossilized bug. There are ants, spiders, gnats and mosquitos encased firmly inside them.
via Daily Mail
This necklace gives us a look into the prehistoric insect world while at the same time admiring the richly colored amber gemstones. These two factors help lend the necklace an expectant price tag of $15,298. It is expected to fetch at least $15,000.
The amber stones were formed from several different tree resins found in nature. It took all those millions of years for the soft, gooey resin to form into a strong pebble. The bugs hardened along with the resin, and are now fossilized inside the beautiful amber. Each stone reveals the earth’s natural history of that age period.
The necklace is currently a part of a private collection. Science buffs and jewelry collectors can only see it at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. By the end of April it will have a new owner. Let’s hope the owner is a connoisseur of both fine jewelry and fossils.