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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... extinct organisms , like dinosaur bones , and impressions of ferns , leaves , and insect wings in rocks . Unlike these kinds of fossils , which are usually mineral replacements of the original structure , amber is entirely organic ; its ...
... extinct organisms , like dinosaur bones , and impressions of ferns , leaves , and insect wings in rocks . Unlike these kinds of fossils , which are usually mineral replacements of the original structure , amber is entirely organic ; its ...
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... extinct around the world is an enigma ) . Mastotermes could only be considered a relict if all of the fossil and the one living species were closely related . Systematists traditionally grouped those species on the basis of features ...
... extinct around the world is an enigma ) . Mastotermes could only be considered a relict if all of the fossil and the one living species were closely related . Systematists traditionally grouped those species on the basis of features ...
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... extinct microorganisms . Some labora- tories are even trying to insert fragments of the ( presumably ) extinct bacterial DNA into close living relatives . This raises even more concern than the current one over recombinant - DNA ...
... extinct microorganisms . Some labora- tories are even trying to insert fragments of the ( presumably ) extinct bacterial DNA into close living relatives . This raises even more concern than the current one over recombinant - DNA ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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amber deposits amber fossils amber pieces amber room amblypygids American Museum araucarian artifacts Arts Baltic amber Baltic Sea beads beetles Bequest of William Boston botanical bubbles burmite carved century A.D. chests China color copal Cretaceous Cretaceous amber Danzig deposits of amber Dominican amber Dominican Republic Drummond Collection eighteenth century Eocene Etruscan extinct flies flowers forgeries fossil fungus Height Hymenaea inclusions insects intricate ivory Jersey amber Königsberg Length of amber living relatives lizard Mastotermes Mexican amber microscopic midges million years old mines Museum für Naturkunde Museum of Natural Natural History Anthropology Natural History Entomology nineteenth century oldest opaque Opposite organisms original Palmnicken panels parasites pendant perhaps piece of amber plants polished pollen pounds preserved in amber Private collection probably Pseudolarix pseudoscorpions resin Roman Saint Petersburg simetite similar single piece spider stingless bee Stuttgart succinic acid surface technique termites tiny tissue transparent amber wasps William Arnold Buffum wood