Antique Amber Beaded Necklace w/ 2.5x2 Inch Centerpiece

An expert told us that it's a 1960s amber pendant with 80-year-old amber trade beads. In the Bronze Age, amber trade beads were used as currency and status symbols in trade networks across Europe, Asia, and Africa. -The beads go around 30 inches, they range from 0.25" to 0.5". -The beads are yellow amber with two red amber beads -The centerpiece /pendant is estimated to be from the 1960s has sterling silver hardware and is marked 925 -The amber pendant centerpiece is 2.5 inches at its longest point, 2 inches at its widest point, and 0.5 inches at its thickest point. -The centerpiece is an incredible piece of amber, most likely Baltic Amber -It is strung by a thin clear string and knotted well at the centerpiece -There are no clasps or openings, it is meant to slip over your head Amber is Amber is fossilized tree resin that takes more than 40,000 years to form The resin comes from coniferous trees that are now extinct. Many consider amber to be very healing for the wearer and is said not to absorb negative energy even if exposed to it.