This is an adorable, hand-carved 10.54 grams, 1.6” by 1.4” by 0.9” blue amber turtle from Indonesia. It was hard to show the intricate detail in photos, but you will be able to see it best in person … eyes, flippers, shell and raised head … all accurate and precise! This is a sea turtle and you can imagine him sensing the ocean breeze and getting ready to take a swim!

Hand polishing amber is an act of love taking much time, patience and love. The outer, rough layers are taken off with rough sandpaper and then the amber is smoothed with increasingly less rough sandpaper until the amber glows and can receive a final gleaming polish.

Hymenaea protera is an extinct prehistoric leguminous tree, the probable ancestor of present-day Hymenaea species. Most neotropical ambers come from its fossilized resin, including the famous Dominican amber and now the Sumatran amber. This heritage is what gives the blue amber it’s famous blue color and lovely blue fluorescence. The Sumatran blue ambers are far bluer than the Dominican amber. The Dominican will show the blue fluorescence in sunlight whereas the Sumatran amber is deep blue to begin with in the raw material solely due to its thickness but shows a notable somewhat turquoise-blue when ultraviolet light hits it. The polished Sumatran amber is transparent and features the wondrous golden to red tones, but the same lovely blue color under ultraviolet light.

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Adorable Hand-Carved Blue Amber Turtle