To present the genesis of amber, we must travel in time and imagine the areas of northern Europe about 50 million years ago, from the pre-glaciation period, overgrown with subtropical forest.

Perhaps due to rapid warming or the presence of volcanic dust in the atmosphere, a certain type of tree – traditionally pointed to “pinus succinifera” (amber pine) – began to produce large amounts of resin. It is she who survived, hardening and transforming into amber.

The journey of amber from the area of ​​this primeval forest to territories where it is found today is unusual.

Initially, it was transported through the river system towards the south-east towards the sea. In the delta of the legendary Eridan, sediments of the so-called “blue earth” accumulated. However, the biggest movement of amber occurred during the Pleistocene period, when the southbound and then melting glaciers caused huge masses of land to be moved – the ice sheet range also determines the boundaries of amber in the European Lowland. Finally, less than 10,000 years ago, after the retreat of the glacier, amber could find itself in the waters of the Baltic Sea, where we find it to this day.