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This probably refers, not to the mineral now called 'amber, which is highly electric, as its Greek and Latin names imply — ἤλεκτρον, electrum; but to a mixed metal, such as the ancients described as composed of four parts of gold and one of silver. The Hebrew word i s chashmal, and is associated with fire, and refers simply to its colour and brightness. Ezek. 1: 4, 27; Ezek. 8: 2.