Amber

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Name (Hebrew)
ענבר
Name (Latin)
Amber
Name (Arabic)
الكهرمان
Other forms of name
Bernstein
Succinite
See Also From tracing topical name
Precious stones
Resins, Fossil
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q25381
Library of congress: sh 85004143
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Wikipedia description:

Amber is fossilized tree resin. Examples of it have been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, and worked as a gemstone since antiquity. Amber is used in jewelry and as a healing agent in folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions. Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ambrite is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams.

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