This book is about minerals, crystals and rocks as you can see in the title. I will give information about a gemstone, information about their location and even the names of their shapes.
Amber is fossilized tree resin, and is greatly appreciated for it's colour and beauty. It is a very old fossil gemstone, since it has been around even when dinosaurs once roamed the Earth. Amber used to be liquid tree resin that covered a tree to protect it from bugs and insects. This is also why you may find insects stuck in amber. Since tree resin is very sticky when first formed, insects tend to get stuck and become fossilized along with the amber. Fossil resin (Amber) was first called amber in the 1400s. It was confused with ambergris, a precious oil from sperm whales, because they are similar in color, and both washed up on shore after brisk windstorms.
Amber is often used for jewellery or healing properties and is a very unique gemstone.
Here are some images:
Clean Amber:
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Amber with insect inside:
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Tumbled Amber:
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How to recognize Amber:
Amber will look golden, almost exactly like honey and will almost seem to glow. Recognizing amber wouldn't be too hard, using the images above.
Where to find Amber:
Beaches in Europe are well known for Amber deposits, but beaches and riverbanks all over the world can contain Amber. Most certainly not on the surface, maybe a bit of digging will help.
