AMBER – Mere Moonshine

August 7, 2023

Beaver, Bugs, CASSAVA, Cattle, Gold, Metals, Proteins, Serine/Threonine, Silk, Silkworm, Three consecutive AAs (chromophore formation), Zinc

Fibroin is an insoluble protein present in silk produced by numerous insects

Fibroin is an insoluble protein present in silk produced by numerous insects, such as the larvae of Bombyx mori, and other moth genera such as Antheraea, Cricula, Samia and Gonometa. Silk in its raw state consists of two main proteins, seri

March 12, 2023

Plants, Rocks, Rosary beads

Oltu stone aka black amber, a kind of jet

Oltu stone (Turkish: Oltu taşı) is a kind of jet found in the region around Oltu town within Erzurum Province, eastern Turkey. The organic substance is used as semi-precious gemstone in manufacturing jewellery. Location and extraction Oltu stone, s

March 11, 2023

CREATURES, Metals, Rocks

Lyngurium

Lyngurium or Ligurium is the name of a mythical gemstone believed to be formed of the solidified urine of the lynx (the best ones coming from wild males). It was included in classical and “almost every medieval lapidary” or book of g

August 12, 2022

The Hell?

Crouching Hu Po, Hidden Long Gu?

What is Hu Po succinum or amber? When it comes to amber, also known as succinum in Latin and Hu Po in Mandarin, everyone seems know it well that this is a beautiful stone with a variety of colors, such as golden, yellow, orange-red, green, blue, and black. What’s more, among them the cle