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1. Amber

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   Cultural Significance and Misapplications
   Historically, amber has been assigned numerous metaphysical properties. In many societies, it was believed to absorb negative atmospheric pressure, hence its use in specific funerary rites and its noted absence in the primary pigment palettes of many early Egyptian tomb painters, who preferred less emotionally reactive materials like [malachite](/entries/malachite…