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The age of the amber is controversial, though it is generally interpreted as having been produced during the Eocene epoch (56-34 million years ago). Different authors have given estimates of 40-47 million years ago and 35-43 million years ago as the age of the amber. Dating the amber precisely is difficult due to its redeposited context. [6]
Amber is globally distributed in or around all continents, [36] mainly in rocks of Cretaceous age or younger. Historically, the coast west of Königsberg in Prussia was the world's leading source of amber. The first mentions of amber deposits there date back to the 12th century. [37]
The age of the amber has been controversial. A study in the early 1990s returned a date up to 40 million years old. [2] However, other authors have suggested a date in the Miocene, around 20–15 million years old, based on marine microfossils found in the sediment the amber is contained in. [3]
Rovno amber - found in the Rivne region of Ukraine, of similar age to Baltic amber , and sharing some species. Sakhalin amber - amber from Sakhalin, Russia, Eocene in age. Spanish amber- amber from Northern and Eastern Spain, Cretaceous (Albian) in age. Sri Lankan amber - found in sea coast in a very small quantity also called Indian amber or ...
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