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In antiquity, views on the origin of amber were divided, but the predominant opinion, expressed by Pliny in 'Naturalis Historia' and by Tacitus in his 'Germania', was that amber originated from resin. The earliest mention of amber in Polish writing appeared in herbals in the 16th century. Their authors, Stefan Falimirz and Hieronim Spiczynski, also held the veiw that amber was tree resin. In the 16th...
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