Fossilised fly in amber resin, hard, translucent originating from extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period of the fossil record
Burmese amber (amber from northern Myanmar, burmite or ‘birmite’) contains the most diverse biota in amber known from the Cretaceous; it has been traded with neighbouring China for nearly two millenia,
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Keywords: amber, coniferous, diptera, dominican, extinct, fly, fossil, fossilised, hard, jewellery, macro, originating, palaeontology, period, record, resin, tertiary, translucent, trees
