Imagine holding a piece of golden resin in your hand, only to discover that inside, time itself has been trapped—along with ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric fossilization of the real stuff. By Richard Fisher Amber is coveted the world over ...

Infrared spectroscopy showed chemical changes in the resin, including a reduced carbonyl (C=O) signal at 1700 cm⁻¹. This pattern is also seen in natural copal and Eocene Baltic amber ...

After her death, a man inherited it and noticed that the “rock” could be valuable, so he decided to have it appraised and discovered its true worth.

Amber, the fossilised tree resin, is often known as ‘The Gold of the North’ or the ‘Gem of the Baltic’, because of its beautiful colour. According to the first Polish monograph devoted to it, the 1833 ...

New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers uncover evidence of 16-million-year-old ant from the Caribbean.