Name/Title
AmberEntry/Object ID
2009.64.47Description
Description: Common name : Amber
Chemical comp.:
Class
Location: Russia
Description : A shaped, finished Amber piece with a beetle in it.
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]
Hardness: 3 Calcite
Luster: GlassyCollection
RAGM Misc. Jade & Amber CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2009.64Source or Donor
RAGM Jade and AmberAcquisition Method
GiftDimensions
Width
3/4 inDepth
1/4 inLength
1-3/4 inLocation
Location
Display Case
FR-1Room
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
ExhibitMoved By
Jillian Mather KettleyDate
September 30, 2025Notes
Piece is on display with others, collectively numbered 2025.9.4Location
Shelf
CS-E-3Room
Curation StorageBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
StorageMoved By
Jillian Mather KettleyDate
July 29, 2023
