How was amber formed?
Our Baltic amber began to form after the era of the dinosaurs, but before the first humans appeared on Earth, during a period called the Paleogene. In the ancient Baltic territories, a large number of coniferous trees were growing, producing resin. Resin is a sap that trees use to heal their wounds - just like our body seals a wound with blood.
Resin is sticky and often insects like flies, bees, as well as spiders and ants get stuck to it. The resin from amber-producing trees was transported to the ancient sea, where over time and through various processes, it transformed into Baltic amber, a substance known in geology as succinite.
To this day, ancient insects or pieces of plants from that era are preserved in amber - these are inclusions.
Publish Date: 2016-12-31