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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... flowers . They are preserved , not in amber , but in clay . The flowers are tiny and made entirely of carbon , probably transformed this way when forest fires " charcoalified " what lay beneath the forest leaf litter . Preser- vation is ...
... flowers . They are preserved , not in amber , but in clay . The flowers are tiny and made entirely of carbon , probably transformed this way when forest fires " charcoalified " what lay beneath the forest leaf litter . Preser- vation is ...
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... flowers of laurels ( Lauraceae ) , Chloranthaceae , tiny magnolia - like flowers , and from plants related to the heaths ( family Ericaceae ) and the witch- hazel family , Hamamelidaceae . Pollen in the ericalean flowers was held ...
... flowers of laurels ( Lauraceae ) , Chloranthaceae , tiny magnolia - like flowers , and from plants related to the heaths ( family Ericaceae ) and the witch- hazel family , Hamamelidaceae . Pollen in the ericalean flowers was held ...
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... flowers occur in the amber , these trichomes are often attributed to oaks , even though trichomes are widespread throughout the flowering plants . Not surprisingly , many of the insects are forms whose living relatives are found on dead ...
... flowers occur in the amber , these trichomes are often attributed to oaks , even though trichomes are widespread throughout the flowering plants . Not surprisingly , many of the insects are forms whose living relatives are found on dead ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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