Re: Amber

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos"
> <stlatos@...> wrote:
> >

. . .

> > You assumed with no evidence that the word you
> believed existed
> > always and only meant one thing, golden resin,
>
> No, I didn't. I pointed out that all resins you'd
> see exude from trees
> in these latitudes are golden, or amber-colored.
>
>

. . .

> > > > > Even if the language somehow _only_ used
> *gi:tu to describe
> > > > > golden amber/resin,
>
> All ambers here are golden, that's how.
>

. . .
Not all amber is golden. On an amber page linked to
Wikipedia "Amber" they showed various hues berween
transparent to red to blue. Blue amber is indeed from
the tropics but Baltic amber runs a gamut of colors
from almost transparent to red, which I saw in photos
of the famous Amber Room