Amber: Window to the PastThis is a comprehensive study of the various roles and uses of amber, in nature as well as art. The fossilized tree resin has not only inspired elaborate workmanship and long been used in jewelry and other decorative objects, but is also highly valued by natural scientists because it frequently encapsulates flora and fauna from other periods of evolution. |
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... Dominican Republic and Mexico , amber was well known to the native peoples . Christopher Columbus apparently received gifts of amber from the Taino people when he landed on the northern shore of the Dominican Republic . In Mexico ...
... Dominican Republic and Mexico , amber was well known to the native peoples . Christopher Columbus apparently received gifts of amber from the Taino people when he landed on the northern shore of the Dominican Republic . In Mexico ...
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Window to the Past David A. Grimaldi. Amber mining in the Dominican Republic Opposite , clockwise from left : Miner in an open pit at the Los Cacaos mines , Dominican Republic The famous La Toca group of mines , near the ridge of a steep ...
Window to the Past David A. Grimaldi. Amber mining in the Dominican Republic Opposite , clockwise from left : Miner in an open pit at the Los Cacaos mines , Dominican Republic The famous La Toca group of mines , near the ridge of a steep ...
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... Dominican Republic Opposite : Two pieces of Dominican amber with unusual inclusions . The long piece contains wood ( length 2.3 " ) ; the smaller one has opaque milky clouds . American Museum of Natural History ( Entomology ) Unlike the ...
... Dominican Republic Opposite : Two pieces of Dominican amber with unusual inclusions . The long piece contains wood ( length 2.3 " ) ; the smaller one has opaque milky clouds . American Museum of Natural History ( Entomology ) Unlike the ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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