Amber Germany, German amber from Bitterfeld Bitterfeld amber, first mentioned in 1756, the first finds were in 1848 and the end of the 19th century began, the economic use of the Bitterfeld amber. At the beginning of the 80s by VEB lignite began the industrial mining (30 to 50 tonnes per year), which was melted down to use the majority of industrial applications. The remaining portion was used for medicinal purposes such as ointments for skin ailments, as a powder to drink with nervous disorders, rheumatism, pneumonia and more. There are many people who claim that Bernstein should have been alone as a curative effect chain, such as for nervousness, goiter, gout, malaria, with abdominal pain, kidney stones, bleeding and impotence, to help while Bernstein. Amber is in the electronics due to its high resistance greatly appreciated, since this is much higher than porcelain or Bakelite. A very small part was used for making jewelery, as only about 10% of the funded amount of amber jewelry has quality. The latest findings show that Bitterfeld amber NO independent Miocene (about 20 million years) Bernstein, but that the fauna of the Baltic amber matches (about 40 million years) since the Miocene a much colder climate prevailed as before about . 40 million years ago, so it would be unthinkable, since many of the same species found in both ambers, settled the ruling about 40 million years subtropical climate. Unfortunately, it is at the present time almost impossible in Bitterfeld area yet to find amber, as the amber mines are completely flooded after the flood of the century. In the depths of slumber Goitzschesees nevertheless still almost 950 tons of raw amber which will probably never be promoted to more days.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:13:28 +0000
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