Re[2]: [tied] Re: Amber

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 58983
Date: 2008-06-02

At 2:44:59 PM on Monday, June 2, 2008, Rick McCallister
wrote:

[...]

> 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

Mostly, but some Baltic amber is blue.

> but Baltic amber runs a gamut of colors from almost
> transparent to red, which I saw in photos of the famous
> Amber Room

Also white; my ex-wife has an amber pendant about the size
of a robin's egg that's white with pale honey markings.

Brian