I'm cross-posting this old entry from my MySpace blog, which I think I'm just going to keep for updates on new stock.
Amber is fossilised tree resin which is usually yellow but can vary with different shades of brown and orange. It's most well-known for preserving a range of fossilised insects within it's golden wrappings.
Amber is mentioned in Ovid's Metamorphosis, regarding the fate of Meleager. According to Greek legend, Meleager was one of Jason's Argonauts whose life was bound up with a piece of wood that his mother had snatched from fire when he was born. He later killed his own brothers. His mother, in revenge, threw the brand of wood back onto the fire; Meleager died as it burned and as his sisters wept for him, their tears turned to amber.
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