Workman holds a large amber nodule inside the Palmnicken Amber mine on the Baltic Sea near Yantarny, Russia

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Workman holds a large amber nodule inside of the Palmnicken Amber mine on the Baltic Coast of Russia. The Palmnicken open pit mine is the largest amber mine in the world, it is estimated that more than 90% of world’s known amber is located there. The Baltic Sea region is the world’s original source of amber and stones from this region have been found in Neolithic burial sites and Egyptian tombs dating back to 3200 Amber from the Palmnicken mine was used in the restoration of the Amber Room at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo outside of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Photo by Chuck Nacke

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Size: 5400px × 3615px
Location: Palmnicken Amber mine, Yantarny, Kaliningrad Oblast, Baltic Sea, Russia
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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