Description
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Specimen: Amber with Fly Inclusion
Location: Baltic Sea
Age: Eocene
Size (picture scale cube=1cm): 14 x 13 x 5mm
Grade: C
This is 56-33.9 million year old Baltic amber which houses an inclusion.
Amber Inclusions are unfortunate animals, insects, plants etc. which became entombed in tree resin (not tree sap) millions of years ago. With the inclusion engulfed, the resin slowly hardened through a natural polymerization of the original organic compounds. This hardened material is known as Copal, which preserves the inclusion perfectly. Through time the Copal becomes buried and, over a several million year process, slowly turns into what we know as Amber. Incredibly this process has allowed us to marvel at ancient specimens frozen in time, as if captured only yesterday!
GRADE ‘C’: Amber pieces contain inclusions that may be slightly obstructed or an incomplete specimen and may require the aid of a magnifying lens to be viewed in detail.
*We would always suggest using a magnifying aid to view your specimen to truly appreciate the inclusions stunning frozen detail. At present we have two types of amber available, Baltic Amber & Dominican Amber, their inclusions can include such specimens as flies, gnats, midges, beetles, wasps, ants, spiders, seeds, plants & more!
**The fossil is a carefully chosen piece, with a photo that shows the actual specimen you will receive.
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