MINING FOR AMBER
Amber has been mined for k hundreds of years in the so-called blue earth of the Baltic Basin. It is classified as a fossil resin: and geologists believe that several species of pines have had a part in the formation of the amber of the Baltic Basin. Pieces of amber are torn'from the' sea floor and cast up by-the: waves? They are collected at ebb tide bysearchers who sometimes wade into the sea and with nets attached to long poles drag to the beach, the seaweed containing entangled masses of amber.' Dredges have also been used. Lithuanian raw amber is the property of the Government.' Each finder has to deliver the pieces to'administrators of the State’s central depots of amber. Failure to do so leads to a charge of embezzlement. Amber has found its greatest use in the fashioning of ornaments. Artisans who make necklaces, bracelets, and brooches turn the amber on a lathe and polish it with whitening and water, or with stone and oil, the final lustre being imparted by friction with flannel.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 109, 1 February 1930, Page 29
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178MINING FOR AMBER Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 109, 1 February 1930, Page 29
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