The largest fossilized flower ... second-biggest bloom embedded in amber. It dates to the late Eocene epoch, making it roughly 40-million-years-old. The fossil was created when some sticky sap ...

But the humble doorstop, as it turns out, was one of the largest known pieces of amber in the world ... From a functional household object to a multimillion-dollar fossil, the amber nugget from Colți ...

On Saturday August 25 the WNY community is invited to take part in the World’s Largest Fossil Dig at Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve. Penn Dixie is hoping to break the Guinness World ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material ... “Diagenesis is the ultimate hurdle you need to pass to become a fossil,” Dr. Saitta said. “It’s sort of the final boss.” ...

Amber and copal are fossilized tree resins prized ... Previous research has described fossil resin formations as products of volatile compound loss and polymerization of resin constituents ...

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