Re: Amber

> . . .
> > > > > > 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

Yes, that was wrong. I meant to write 'all *resins* here are golden'.
But I think I made that point already. We got special amber stores
here still, there is indeed great variation there.


Torsten