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History of Amber
The oldest cut of amber dates to the end of the ice age (40,000 - 10,000 BC); an appreciation for amber in the today’s Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, India and Ethiopia, dates to 4500 BC.; and large deposits of amber were brought by Chinese craftsmen as early as the first Han dynasty (206 B.C. to A.D. 8).
Modern day amber comes to us from the Adriatic the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea coasts.
Legend has it that when Phaëton, the son of Helios (the Sun), was killed, his sisters mourned until they turned into poplar trees. Their tears would later become Electrum, Amber’s classical name meaning “beaming sun.”
Its English name, is derived from the Arabic word “Anbar,” and has been used for prayer in “Black Gold” rosaries by Muslims all over the world.