Amber is fossilised resin from 30 million years old pine trees.Amber is washed up on danish beaches.Amber can vary in colour from milky white to cognac and cherry and even the clearest green and blue.Amber will float in salt water.Amber burns slowly and gives a spicy scent of pine tree.Inclusions are insects or plants that were caught in the sticky resin millions of years ago.Copenhagen amber museum is one of the most recognised amber museums in the world.
琥珀是3000萬年前松樹的樹脂化石,琥珀被海浪衝出在丹麥海灘上。琥珀的顏色有乳白色、金黃色和鮮紅色,還有乾淨的綠色和藍色。琥珀的重量漂浮於鹽水。琥珀慢慢燃燒,會散發出辛辣刺鼻的松香氣。琥珀中的雜質是千萬年前被樹脂捕獲的昆蟲或植物。哥本哈根琥珀博物館是世界上最著名的琥珀博物館之一。
這塊收藏於丹麥哥本哈根琥珀博物館內的藏品,重量47.56公斤,曾是世界上最重的琥珀,2014年於蘇門答臘島發現,長57.5釐米、寬62釐米、高37釐米,估計有1500至2000萬年的歷史。
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