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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... amber forest . Such a reconstruction is presented later for the Dominican amber forest , which contains tropical species not unlike ones living on Hispaniola today ( see page 101 ) . Perhaps a result of being 10 millions years older ...
... amber forest . Such a reconstruction is presented later for the Dominican amber forest , which contains tropical species not unlike ones living on Hispaniola today ( see page 101 ) . Perhaps a result of being 10 millions years older ...
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... amber forest are the assortment of flowers , stems , leaves , seeds , and even tendrils preserved in the amber . Living on the trunks of the Dominican amber tree , as happens now , were mosses , liverworts , and the occasional mushroom ...
... amber forest are the assortment of flowers , stems , leaves , seeds , and even tendrils preserved in the amber . Living on the trunks of the Dominican amber tree , as happens now , were mosses , liverworts , and the occasional mushroom ...
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... amber forest . The numerous life - forms preserved in this amber allow a detailed re - creation of what the forest probably looked like , including the inhabitants of the forest floor , living under bark and in the amber trees and on ...
... amber forest . The numerous life - forms preserved in this amber allow a detailed re - creation of what the forest probably looked like , including the inhabitants of the forest floor , living under bark and in the amber trees and on ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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