Amber is a much-loved material! The first time I ever saw Jamey was at an amber lecture of his in 1983. He is away from his computer for a few days. Below is the url for his Yahoo amber group. I suggest joining that and reading all the information within it's folders, as well as doing a search on this site for amber, going back about 500 days. And, if one takes the time to read ALL of bcn, including the archives, one would be pretty informed about many beads and materials. I think Tasart did that when he first found us a couple of years ago.