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I believe you're referring to amber, though this is a common misconception. Amber is not actually made from tree sap, but from tree resin, a substance that acts to seal wounds in trees. When it's still in liquid form, it's used for things like varnish and adhesives. Over the course of thousands, perhaps millions, of years, it fossilizes. The most common use is in jewelry. In general, it's also admired by collectors, geologists, prehistoric archeologists, etc. Because it was once liquid, it often occurs that insects or other small creatures become trapped, freezing them in time and preserving them perfectly. Remember Jurassic Park, where the scientists are extracting DNA from a mosquito? Amber is the stone they're drilling into. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be cloning any dinosaurs anytime soon, even if we could recover a viable sample of dinosaur DNA.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoAmber, a fossilized tree resin, will burn, and could be used as a fuel, but it probably wouldn't be the best economic use of the material.
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Can fossilized tree sap be used in jewelry?
yes it can be used
Which organism is more likely found in amber a beetle or a rabbit?
Insects are most likely to be found in Amber. Because amber is a fossilized gum. The insects are likely to get stuck with gum prior to the process of fossilization of gum into amber.
When a Christmas tree gets cut the sap is sticky What does this tell you about the tree?
It is a conifer. The sticky sap is actually resin.
How do you get tree sap off?
I always use rubbing alcohol.
Insects become fossils if they are trapped in tree sap that hardens to become?
amber
Is fossilized tree sap used for food?
Yes
Can fossilized tree sap be used in jewelry?
yes it can be used
How are fossils formed in tree sap?
Fossilized tree sap is called amber.-Leah Ward
What is fossilized tree sap?
It is called amber and people make all sorts of things out of it like jewelry.
Is amber the stone natural?
Yes. Amber is fossilized tree sap.
What is the common name given to fossilized tree sap?
Amber
What is a bug-trapping sap?
it is amber, which is fossilized tree resin. (GOT THAT FROM CURRENT EVENTS)
Is Fuel used in fossilied tree sap?
Who knows because your gay!
When gum from this tree was used as a fire kindle or torch fuel which tree is this?
The turpentine sap from the Pine Tree is generally used as a fire kindling or torch fuel.
What vegetable would you find on the wallpaper at the historic house of tree sap?
No, won't answer it. Work it out yourself. Another clue is "..... ( technically, resinite) is fossilized tree resin (not sap)"
What is another name for tree sap?
Tree sap is often referred to as "Amber" or "Pitch" or "Tree Resin". All would be correct in one way or another. However Amber would be fossilized tree sap. Pitch was used to make a tar-like substance to seal boats in archaic times. Tree resign could be all the above and more.
Which organism is more likely found in amber a beetle or a rabbit?
Insects are most likely to be found in Amber. Because amber is a fossilized gum. The insects are likely to get stuck with gum prior to the process of fossilization of gum into amber.
