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Amber is one of the birthstones listed for the Star Sign of Taurus.

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Amber is the fossilized resin of ancient trees. The aromatic resin oozed from trees and trapped debris such as insects, seeds, leaves, and bird feathers. Most of the world's true amber ranges between 30 to 90 million years.

Amber has been known since the ancient Greeks and was written about by Homer in the Odyssey. Aristotle and Plato also mentioned amber and Pliny the Elder explained its origins.

As a medicine, powdered amber was mixed with honey and used as a curative for asthma, gout, and the black plague. Today amber is still used as a medicine in some countries.

Amber was worn as amulets to preserve chastity and used as talismans to guard against evil. Sailors believed that burning amber would keep them safe from sea monsters.

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