Amber is known by many names in many different cultures: Sacred Stone, Gold of the North, Baltic Gold, Electron. Stone of the Sun Baltic Amber is also a mineral of many colors. Depending on the age Amber nuggets range from nearly white, through all shades of yellow and orange, to dark, almost cherry-like red. Amber has been an object of admiration and interest for centuries. Its beauty, pleasing smell, and ease of processing have always earned it a place among decorative stones.
Names for Amber (Succinite)
Gintaras – Lithuania
Bursztyn – Poland
Ambra - Italy
Ambar - Spain
A-Shih-Mo-Chieh-P'o - China
Ambrosia - Modern Greece
Elektron- Ancient Greece
Barnsten - Sweden
Ambre - France
Bernstein - Germany
Dzintars - Latvia
Fehg - China
Kohaku - Japan
Merevaik - Estonia
Yantar - Russia, Bielorus
Barnsten - Yiddish
Berenikis - Greece
Ching Peh - Thai
Borostyan - Hungary, Ukraine
Chihlinbar - Romanian
Rav - India
Nka Pa -Africa (Ashanti)
Kahroba - Arabia
Poh She - Tibet, Korea
Wo Kuoh - China, Korea
Tun Mou - China, Viet Nam
Sot - Armenian
Shih Chien - China
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