Huge 3" x 1.5" Baltic Amber Fossil with numerous insects.
Baltic amber is mineral resin the age, of which is estimated on 40-50 million years. Originally it was thought that the resin-forming tree was the pine Pinus succinifera. At present the opinion, that the resin was given off by several sorts of the conifers at prevailling participation of one of them, becomes more and more general. Amber-resin-giving forests covered the area of today's Scandinavia and of the Baltic sea. ...click for details
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