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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... similar abandoned clay pits in Cretaceous exposures of New Jersey , where the most abundant North American deposits are found . Chemical analysis identifies the botanical source of the amber as araucarian ; however , twigs in the amber ...
... similar abandoned clay pits in Cretaceous exposures of New Jersey , where the most abundant North American deposits are found . Chemical analysis identifies the botanical source of the amber as araucarian ; however , twigs in the amber ...
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... similar settings and are mined in similar ways by locals . Generally the amber is found because a landslide along a steep slope in the mountains exposes veins of black lignite . If the lignite contains amber , it is gradually extracted ...
... similar settings and are mined in similar ways by locals . Generally the amber is found because a landslide along a steep slope in the mountains exposes veins of black lignite . If the lignite contains amber , it is gradually extracted ...
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... similar in color to the beer it contained ; and light from the table could have come from candles mounted in candlesticks of amber . After dinner , toothpicks might come from an amber needle case , snuff from an amber snuffbox , and a ...
... similar in color to the beer it contained ; and light from the table could have come from candles mounted in candlesticks of amber . After dinner , toothpicks might come from an amber needle case , snuff from an amber snuffbox , and a ...
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