Amber is the fossilized resin of trees. It is generally a golden brown color, very low density, and may or may not contain fossil inclusions such as trapped plant material, insects, or other small animals.
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- Swedish Amber Museum Choice of English version.
- Gintaro Galerija Muziejus Museum of Baltic amber featuring exhibits of jewelry and art. [English and Lithuanian]
- Alfred Correya's Baltic Amber Collection Pictures of insect inclusions from a collection acquired by the Hunterian Museum.
- Amberica West Offers general information about amber and amber mining. Includes a discussion about recognizing fake amber.
- Blue Amber Information Information portal for Dominican Blue Amber, where and how it is mined, why it is blue and its uses.
- Fossil Amber Amber is the perfect fossil preservative. This article discusses its inclusions, chemistry, goegraphic dispersion and the distinction between amber and copal.
- Fossil Amber with Inclusions of Insects and other Organisms Provides a gallery of photographs of unwary invertebrates.
- Galleria di Fossilizzazioni in Ambra Photographs of invertebrates trapped in amber with the provenance of each.
- Baltic Amber Provides some notes on Baltic amber, a resin produced some 30 to 40 million years ago by the now extinct pine tree, Pinus succinifera.
- Dead Bugs in Amber Large list of amber resources.
- Identifying True Amber (Succinite) Article by Garry Platt describing the tests that can be done to differentiate between true amber and fakes.