Baltic amber hand carved drop pendant with an intact 9 mm long fossil insect (beetle). The pendant is made out of natural untreated yellow color amber. Set in 925 sterling silver. Length: 1.6 inch (4.1 cm) with bail Width: 0.47 inch (1.2 cm). Thickness: 0.25 inch (0.6cm). Weight: 2.6 gram Naturally transparent yellow amber (about 10% of all mined amber) is often found with natural impurities and inclusions in it and pure fully translucent chunks are rare and highly valued. Small transparent yellow chunks (0.5 – 1 inch long) can be found along the shoes of the Baltic Sea in Kaliningrad (Russia), Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark. Often yellow amber is specially treated and purified with high pressure. Inclusions are normally found and also very visible in this kind of amber.