Ellen Carnwath. age 11 for his question:

Where does amber come frown?

The Greeks loved this golden. glassy stone. They made it into jewelry. They rubbed it with a soft cloth and watched it pick up lint and feathers. They named it Elektron. We call it amber. We make it into beads and pipe stems. We also use it to make a fine type of lacquer. When rubbed it still picks up fluff and bits of paper. But we know more of the working of this trick. When rubbed  amber has a mild electric power. So we used the old Greek word for amber to name the great forces of electricity.

Amber is a fossil. It is the resin given off by ancient trees in age‑old forests. Gobs of it are often found in regions of the newer coal beds. Some is found in clay soils once under water. Some washes up on the beaches.

The resin in piney trees is very durable stuff. A tree will pour it out to seal up a wound in its wood. In times it will dry and harden. It will be a golden  glassy stone long after its mother tree has became coal or gone back to the soil in which it grew.