Chiapas Amber Plugs from Abaraka Size:4g (5mm) high-contrast apricot wood with holly

high-contrast apricot wood with holly wood inlay

(Choose olivewood for a Mayan flower face

making these earrings rugged

Each curve and stone is fastened with a hinge so the jewelry can move comfortably with your body

Chiapas Amber Plugs from Abaraka Size:4g (5mm) high-contrast apricot wood with hollyAlso 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