Chiapas Amber Plugs from Abaraka Size:4g (5mm) making these earrings rugged

making these earrings rugged

From the paduak tree native to southeast Asia

while the unpolished back has a raw

A truly royal design

Medium measures just over 1" long and weighs 16 grams each

Chiapas Amber Plugs from Abaraka Size:4g (5mm) making these earrings ruggedAlso called Mexican amber, Chiapas amber is from Mexico's southernmost state, of the same name. The amber for these plugs is fossilized resin from the now extinct Hymenaea mexicana legume tree, and is approximately 24 million years old. Although the resin once flowed beneath the tree bark, mending wounds caused by breaks and pests, it hardened overtime trapping organic materials inside and producing varied inclusions visible in every one of a kind