Large Baltic Amber W Coleoptera Beetle Insect Inclusion 0.35g
BALTIC AMBER WITH WITH BEETLE INCLUSION
For sale is a piece of Baltic amber containing an ancient bark beetle. Bark beetles, as their name implies, live in and under the bark of trees, living or dead. Trees that are old and sick are particularly vulnerable to the predations of the bark beetle, which likes to feast on wood and bark from dead or ailing trees. This unfortunate specimen was consumed by the resin of the tree it was living on and is now frozen in place as it was up to 55 million years ago in the forests that once grew in the area around what is now the northern Baltic sea.
WHAT IS BALTIC AMBER?
Baltic amber is formed from the fossilized of tree resin from conifer trees of the Sciadopitaceae family of trees which lived in the Baltic Region of Europe 35-55 million years ago during the Eocene period. Most trees of this family are now extinct, though the Japanese Umbrella Pine (or Sciadopitys verticillata ), a distant relative of the Baltic Amber tree, still grows in parts of Japan today.
Many insects and other inclusions were trapped in the resin as it oozed from the trees, and over a period of millions of years, the resin and its inclusions where polymerized, with the organic compounds replaced with non-organic ones, preserving the inclusions. Baltic amber is also known as succinite due to the high concentration of succinic acid within its chemical make up. It is the most common type of fossiliferous amber. A common feature by which Baltic amber can be distinguished from other amber types is the frequent presence of oak-leaf flower hairs, and many of the inclusions can be observed surrounded in a white film formed from the decaying internal fluids of the insect which managed to seep out before the resin fossilised.
These fossils are much better preserved than mineralised ones found in sedimentary rocks and look more or less as they did in life, making them extremely useful to scientists and particularly exciting to fossil collectors.
I also sell handy magnifiers with a UV light as well as a normal LED built into them for helping to check the authenticity of your amber. These are very handy to have if you do not already own one, please see my other listings.
Particulars:
Age:
35-50 Million Years old
Size:
See photos
Weight:
1.1g
Country of Origin:
Lithuania
Item is based in the UK. International buyers are welcome, but please bear in mind that I am not responsible for any customs charges/restriction on the import of this item.
Postage can be combined for multiple items, please contact me if you are having any issues doing this within eBay.
Postage will be sent second class standard (or standard airmail in the case of international bidders) if you want it posted signed for, special delivery etc please contact me before paying.
- Condition: New
- Type: Fossils
- Sub-Type: Amber
- Finish: Polished
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Lithuania
- Shape: Natural
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