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Fossil Amber
Amber is the perfect fossil preservative. This article discusses its inclusions, chemistry, goegraphic dispersion and the distinction between amber and copal.
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Tree_of_Life/FossilAmber.htm
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Fossil Amber with Inclusions of Insects and other Organisms
Provides a gallery of photographs of unwary invertebrates.
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil_Galleries/FossilAmber.htm
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Galleria di Fossilizzazioni in Ambra
Photographs of invertebrates trapped in amber with the provenance of each.
http://www.comune.pisa.it/apsn/Articoli/Lacrime/Ambre.htm
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Baltic Amber
Provides some notes on Baltic amber, a resin produced some 30 to 40 million years ago by the now extinct pine tree, Pinus succinifera.
http://www.amber-ambre-inclusions.info/INGLESE.htm
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Amber Home
Garry Platt's personal site dedicated to amber fossil, resin and copal. Its paleontological significance is explored and there are many photographs of amber and inclusions and articles on its formation and role in human history.
http://www.gplatt.demon.co.uk/
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Amber: Window to the Past
Exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History that shows a re-creation of a 23 to 30 million-year-old Dominican amber forest.
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/amber/
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The Natural History of Amber
Mark R. Meyer provides an amber gallery, amber FAQ, amber timeline and a cultural history timeline.
http://www.3dotstudio.com/amberhome.html
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The Search for DNA in Amber
Andrew Ross and Jeremy Austin discuss whether it possible to extract dinosaur DNA from insects in amber and re-create today these reptiles from the past.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/fossils/dna-amber/
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