Fungus gnat entombed in a 40-million-year-old piece of amber is a rare gem
This first fossil of a rare and never before studied species of gnat, Robsonomyia henningseni, was found in a piece of Baltic ...
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The Largest Amber Preserved Flower Is Roughly 40-Million-Years-Old, And It's Not A Species That Exists Today
The fossil was created when some sticky sap trickled out of a conifer tree near the Baltic Sea, coating the flower and solidifying it into amber over time. It is very uncommon to see plants ...
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Amber & Poland: A History Crafted in Resin
Amber, the fossilised tree resin, is often known as ‘The Gold of the North’ or the ‘Gem of the Baltic’, because of its beautiful colour. According to the first Polish monograph devoted to it, the 1833 ...