Amber Viking Necklace, Made From Unpolished Raw Amber Chips.
All of our amber jewelry is handmade from solid pieces of genuine Baltic amber from Northern Europe.
Baltic amber is made from 44 million year old fossilised tree resin that is found on the Baltic sea coast. It was often used by the Vikings for making Thor's hammers and other jewelry.
Amber was a valuable commodity and traded from the iron age onwards and was collected from the Baltic sea to be traded all over Europe by the Vikings.
- Each bead consists of a small raw piece of Baltic amber up to 10mm wide.
- Slip straight over your head for easy wearing.
- Length 70 - 75cm (27.5 - 29.5 inches).
- Weight - 43 - 452g (1.5 - 1.8oz).