Amber: Window to the Past

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Harry N. Abrams, Mar 30, 1996 - Nature - 216 pages
Originally published to accompany a 1996 exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, this volume, now in paperback, explores the properties of amber (fossilized tree resin) and reveals its role in tracing evolutionary history and its use in the decorative arts and jewellery.

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Preface and Acknowledgments
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Deposits of the World
21
Frozen in the Act
79
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