By no means definitive, hundreds of books have been written about every aspect of amber you can think of! Here we touch briefly upon ancient beliefs about amber, once named elektron by the Greeks. Elektron is the root of our English word, electricity. Amber has fascinated humans for thousands of years. "Thousands of years ago people were fascinated by the extraordinary, inexplicable properties of the golden pebbles found on beaches and in coastal forests. The stone burnt when