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The Greeks used the amber to study the concept of magnetism for the first time . They observed that it acquires a strange property of attracting tiny bits of papers,metal pieces etc. when rubbed with a piece of wool .this strange characteristic of it made the further discoveries possible.

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That's not magnetism but static electricity, the charge being developed by rubbing the amber with the dry cloth. Amber is non-magnetic.

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