Amber

ID	502
Mineral	Amber
Location	Madagascar
Fluorescence	LW-UV: close SW-UV: close
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Mindat data

ID	188
Long ID	1:1:188:3
Entry type	3
Description	A fossil tree resin. In order to qualify as "amber", it is NOT sufficient for a tree resin merely to harden by losing its volatiles, the molecules have to polymerize, which can take millions of years (or at least 100,000 years). After polymerization...
Colour	Yellow-orange-brown, pale lemon yellow, red, brown, nearly black; rarely blue or green
Hardness (min)	2.0
Hardness (max)	2.5

Price: € 45

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