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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... organisms are found in the Schliersee amber , but they are of primitive organisms , such as bacteria , protozoa , fungal spores , and unidentified plant spores . An insect in amber this old would be sensational . One of the biologically ...
... organisms are found in the Schliersee amber , but they are of primitive organisms , such as bacteria , protozoa , fungal spores , and unidentified plant spores . An insect in amber this old would be sensational . One of the biologically ...
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... organisms fossilized in it . The Middle East The oldest amber in the world containing insects and other larger organisms comes from the Middle East , specifically Lebanon , although similar amber occurs in Israel and Jordan . The amber ...
... organisms fossilized in it . The Middle East The oldest amber in the world containing insects and other larger organisms comes from the Middle East , specifically Lebanon , although similar amber occurs in Israel and Jordan . The amber ...
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... organisms like viruses , bacteria , protozoa , and fungi also be preserved ? At least some forms of these have spores and cysts that remain dormant and extremely long - lived under the desiccated conditions amber provides . In May 1995 ...
... organisms like viruses , bacteria , protozoa , and fungi also be preserved ? At least some forms of these have spores and cysts that remain dormant and extremely long - lived under the desiccated conditions amber provides . In May 1995 ...
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