How are amber fossils formed?

Answer 1

Amber is not a mineral but time-hardened fossilized resin of the species of pine called Pinus Succinisera which grew in forests around 45 million years ago, in the European main land known to us as the Baltic region today. During the process of fossilization, a variety of flora and fauna tend to remain trapped in the amber resin and eventually become an integral part of the final gem i.e. amber. Over the centuries fauna like larvae, caterpillars, bees, flies, butter flies, spiders and even land snails have been discovered in amber.

Flora like wood fragments, leaves, flowers, other plant parts and ferns are also found in the gem. The more unique the fossils in amber, the higher its value. Other trapped flora and fauna, dust, small pyrite crystals and other minerals may also be found in amber.

Answer 2

Fossilized tree sap is amber, by definition.

If something (e.g. insect, pollen grains, seed) got stuck in and enclosed by the liquid sap and it fossilized, you have the object in fossilized tree sap; aka amber.

Answer 3

Amber, or fossilized tree sap, prevents rotting in the insects and other small animals that are occasionally trapped in it. Because of this, any specimins preserved in amber are preserved perfectly, exactly as they died, with their bodies perfectly intact. This allows paeontologists a very rare chance to find out information that can only be revealed by soft tissue, such as color. Additionally, as shown in the movie Jurrasic Park,the animals caught in amber have red blood cells and other DNA sources intact, so clones of them could be made with effective cloning technology some time in the future, given a reproductive female of the species is found.

Answer 4

Amber fossils are creatures that were captured or trapped in tree sap and preserved there over time, long enough for the sap to become solid as rock and the creature to be preserved inside it.

Answer 5

Amber is the fossilized resin from ancient forests. It is not produced from tree sap, but rather from plant resin. On the other hand, Amber fossils form when insects become trapped inside the sticky sap that forms on trees. Really these are a beautiful creation of nature

Answer 6

They are formed by sap that Is dried and turns to stone

Answer 7

It doesn't.

Amber is resin or sap from trees that has gone hard with age.