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		<title>Welcome To The Desert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another year, another show.
The past year has been eventful for the Dominican amber world.
In October the extra-tropical storm system Noel hit the island and caused major flooding. (A few videos on the subject&#8230; the flooding and the people and their plight&#8230;)
The amber mines were also affected, yet not so dramatically. The holes filled with water [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2008/02/07/welcome-to-the-desert/</link>
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		<title>The Rock that Floats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The confusion arises as follows:
[…] One finds the amber in the sea  of India, but no one knows where it comes from. One only knows that the best Amber is the one found at Berbera (East Coast of Africa) and up to the ends of the land of the Zang, and also at Sihr [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2007/08/20/the-rock-that-floats/</link>
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		<title>The Art of Blue Amber</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As suppliers of some of the finest Blue Amber around, it is at times awe-inspiring to see what some of our clients create. After spending many days and late nights selecting and categorizing the specimens in their raw conditions &#8212; basically handling what appear to be at first glance mere rocks &#8212; it is gratifying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2007/06/23/the-art-of-blue-amber/</link>
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		<title>The Glamorous Lives of Amber Polishers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Featuring: Luis

The house was at the end of a dusty drive way in one of the middle-to-lower-class suburbs, complete with ancient friendly neighbors in rocking chairs, happy kids scampering about and chickens crossing roads for no apparent reasons. They’ve lived here for many years, and although the house did not look wealthy by western standards, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2007/03/22/the-glamorous-lives-of-amber-polishers/</link>
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		<title>Zen and the Art of Blue Amber: An Inquiry into Values</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As much as it would seems obvious, “Quality” is still a debated subject, regardless the context. Definitions abound, especially in business: according to ISO 9000 it’s a ‘degree to which a set of inherent characteristic fulfills requirements.’ The American Society for Quality elegantly sidesteps the question by defining it as: ‘A subjective term for which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/zen-and-the-art-of-blue-amber-an-inquiry-into-values/</link>
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		<title>Amber: What Is It Good For</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ordinary Amber itself has multiple uses besides ornamental. Some may surprise you. Others may just freak you out.
The value of amber has risen and fallen over the years, much due to recent developments of fake amber. But it is still prized in the range of gold. People still travel thousands of miles to find the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2007/01/19/amber-what-is-it-good-for/</link>
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		<title>Dominican Amber Mines: The Definitive List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s play word association. I say a word and you try to think of all the words that come to mind. 
Ready? Here it goes.
“Amber Mine.”
Excavation. Hole in the ground. Shafts. Dirty-faced miners. Trolley. Shovels. Lamps on helmets. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Okay, don’t know where the last one came from. But indeed, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2006/09/01/the-mine-part-one/</link>
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		<title>True Beauty Lies Beneath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How about a tragic love-story?After all, Amber and Love exist symbiotically.
Once upon a time Robert Carr, a handsome Scottish adviser on the court of King James I, fell for the charms of the beautiful Frances Howard, Countess of Essex. They were young, they were beautiful, they were in love. All was set for a fairy-tale, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2006/07/31/true-beauty-lies-beneath/</link>
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		<title>Dino Breath and other unseemly noises stuck in amber</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone breaks wind.
Yes, I know: a strange way to start a newsletter about amber. But bear with me unless a brief discussion about flatulence offends you. This is more relevant to amber than you&#8217;d expect.
Ed Elli Avea Del Cul Fatto Trombetta
It&#8217;s natural, it&#8217;s inevitable and it&#8217;s not just male. Unfortunately it seems to happen during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2006/06/21/dino-breath-and-other-unseemly-noises-stuck-in-amber/</link>
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		<title>Diamonds are a Girl&#8217;s Best Friend &#8212; But Blue Amber is her True Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are reading this Newsletter it&#8217;s because you know what Blue Amber is. You&#8217;ve heard of it, you&#8217;ve seen the pretty pictures we have, you may even own some or would like to.
But how many times have you seen your friends do a double-take when mentioning Blue Amber? Sure, everyone&#8217;s heard of Amber (or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ambarazul.com/wordpress/2006/04/21/diamonds-are-a-girls-best-friend-but-blue-amber-is-her-true-love/</link>
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