Difference between Domincan Amber and Baltic Amber

·        Dominican Amber stands out from Baltic and other region's Amber due to its variety of colors that range from a light yellow to a deeply red as well as blue and extremely rare smoky green

Source: Les Secrets de L'ambre Dominicaine

  It is renowed for the diversity of inclusions it contains. Amber lovers, scientists and collectors alike value Domincan Amber for the three rare "treasures" wich are scorpions, lizards and frogs. Probably only thirty to forty scorpions, ten to twenty lizards and eight or nine frogs have been found worldwide.

• The ocurence of insects in Dominican Amber is ten times higher than in Baltic Amber
• It is ninety percent more transparent than Amber from any other region
• Baltic Amber is formed from hardened resin of the pine tree named "Pinus Succinifere", while Amber from the Dominican Republic is originated from extinct species of broad-leaved tropical trees named " Hymenea" of the legume family, whose closest relative is still found in East Africa