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Glittering Stones >> Semi
Precious Stones >> Amber
Semi Precious Stone Amber
Amber is a fossil resin normally
used for the manufacture of ornamental objects. Although not much
mineralized it is sometimes considered and used as a gemstone.
The name had comes from the Arabic amber, probably
through the Spanish also, but this word referred originally to
ambergris, which is an animal substance quite
distinct from the yellow amber. True amber had
been sometimes called as Kara be, a word of oriental
derivation signifying "that which attracts straw", in
allusion to the power which amber possesses of the acquiring an
electric charge by friction. This property, first recorded by
Thales of Miletus, and then suggested the word "electricity",
from the Greek, elektron, a name applied; however, it is not only
to amber but also to an alloy of gold and silver. By Latin writer’s
amber is variously known as electrum, Socinus
(Socinus), and gleesome or gleesome. The Old Hebrew hashmal seems
to have meant amber, although Modern Hebrew uses Arabic-inspired
i'nbar.
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Historical Facts of Amber
| Range |
30–90 million years old |
| Chemical composition |
Heterogeneous in composition |
| Nature |
Soft and sticky |
| Types |
Baltic amber, Blue amber, Delatynite, Dominican amber,
Oltu stone |
| Color |
Yellow-orange, pale lemon yellow, brown, black, red,
green, blue amber |
| Ocuurence |
Eastern Asia, Switzerland, Austria and France, United
States, Ellsworth County, Kansas |
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Gem Jewelry Amber
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| Amber Necklace |
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