KALIMANTAN AMBER - 20 million years old - Borneo, Indonesia
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About 20 million years old
(Miocene period)
South Kalimantan, Indonesia
An unpolished, translucent piece of raw amber of lovely colour from the island of Borneo.
The amber from Indonesia is a fossil tree resin found in association with coal and lignite. Some of the amber from Indonesia is known as ‘blue amber’ due to a surface fluorescence caused by ultraviolet light.
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Size: 6 x 6 x 3 centimetres
Weight: 70 grams
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