Amber

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Amber sphere

Amber sphere

Name/Title

Amber

Entry/Object ID

2009.64 41

Description

Common name : Amber Chemical comp.: Class Location: Unknown Description : Amber sphere that sits on a black plastic ring Amber is fossilized tree resin (not sap), which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times.[2] Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects.[3] Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions. Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ambrite is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams.[4]

Collection

RAGM Misc. Jade & Amber Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.64

Source or Donor

RAGM Jade and Amber

Acquisition Method

Gift

Location

Location

Building

Storage (old gift shop upstairs)

Category

Permanent