Burmese Amber Millipede, Wasp, Beetle, Mite, Thrip

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Stunning Piece of Amber, over 99 Million years old fossils that are great for collectors scientist or jewelry making.
REGION: Burmese
AGE: 99 Million Years
LOCATION: Myanmar
FOSSIL TYPE: Millipede, Wasp, Beetle and More
Quantity: 4
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Diplopoda, Discoscapa apicula, Propiestus archaicus
FOSSIL SIZE: 9mm
AMBER SIZE: 30.50 x 18.50 x 8.40 MM
AMBER WEIGHT: 2.6 GRAMS

Amber is fossilized tree resin, which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects. Amber is used in jewelry
Collectors and scientists have found not just bugs entombed in tree resin, but even animals as large as lizards, frogs and salamanders can be preserved in impressive detail. Skin, scales, fur and feathers are just some of the incredibly detailed features found in amber. Insects may be caught having sex.
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 99 million years old, during the earliest part of the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous. The amber is of significant palaeontological interest due to the diversity of flora and fauna contained as inclusions, particularly arthropods including insects and arachnids but also birds, lizards, snakes, frogs and fragmentary dinosaur remains. The amber has been known and commercially exploited since the first century AD, and has been known to science since the mid-nineteenth century. Research on the deposit has attracted controversy due to its role in funding internal conflict in Myanmar and hazardous working conditions in the mines where it is collected.

Weight4 oz

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