Natural History - Polished Amber with Spider Mite Inclusion

OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.

1 1/4 in. (1.52 grams, 32 mm).

An ellipsoid section fragment of amber, polished, with three spider-mite inclusions. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Baltic Sea Coast, Primorskoje mine, Kaliningrad.
From an Essex, UK, collection.

Accompanied by an illustrated identification card with collection number 3208.

CONDITION

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