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  2. Amber - Wikipedia

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    An ant inside Baltic amber Unpolished amber stones. Amber is fossilized tree resin. Examples of it have been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, [1] and worked as a gemstone since antiquity. [2] Amber is used in jewelry and as a healing agent in folk medicine.

  3. Jewellery of the Berber cultures - Wikipedia

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    The necklace is supported by an Amazigh brooch at each side. Traditional Berber jewellery consists mainly of silver, cast in a mould and afterwards finished by hand. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Depending on the region as well as the type of jewellery, enamelling , corals , beads of Amber [ 26 ] and coloured glass or rarely semi-precious stones were applied.

  4. Baltic amber - Wikipedia

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    Open pit amber mine in Kaliningrad, showing the lithology of the Prussian Formation, the source rock of Baltic amber. In situ Baltic amber is derived from the sediments of the geological formation termed the Prussian Formation, formerly called the "Amber Formation", with the main amber bearing horizon being referred to as "Blue Earth", so named due to its glauconite content.

  5. Palanga Amber Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Palanga Amber Museum (Lithuanian: Palangos gintaro muziejus), near the Baltic Sea in Palanga, Lithuania, is a branch of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art. It is housed in the restored 19th-century Tiškevičiai Palace and is surrounded by the Palanga Botanical Garden .

  6. Culture of Lithuania - Wikipedia

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    The Palanga Amber Museum is a subsidiary of the Lithuanian Art Museum. Various amber pieces comprise a major part of the museum. In total, 28,000 pieces of amber are displayed, and about 15,000 contain inclusions of insects, spiders, or plants. [14] Some 4,500 amber pieces in the museum are used for artwork and jewelry. [15]

  7. Nuragic civilization - Wikipedia

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    Necklace made of amber from the Nuragic complex of sa Sedda 'e sos Carros in Oliena. From the Late Bronze Age, amber, both from the Baltic and of unknown origin, appeared in Sardinia, coming via commercial traffic with continental Europe. Ambers, also worked locally, have been found both in residential contexts and in burials, sanctuaries and ...

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