Thats funny, I am half Latvian ( in the same area) and we have had amber jewellery all our lives and its funny how it is fashionable now. I love it! My nanna who just passed away had the best amber jewellery collection but it accidently got thrown out by my opa years ago cos they hid it in garbage bags ( from burglars) and he thought it was rubbish- never found either, so sad.

I got a massive amber chunky ring for my 40th last year from DH :-)