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  2. List of types of amber - Wikipedia

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    Bitterfeld amber, amber from Bitterfeld, Germany, equivalent in age to Baltic amber and has historically been suggested to be synonymous with it; Burmese amber - also known as burmite, is a Cretaceous age amber about 99 million years old found mainly in the Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma). The most common amber containing insect ...

  3. Amber - Wikipedia

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    Amber is heterogeneous in composition, but consists of several resinous bodies [clarify] more or less soluble in alcohol, ether and chloroform, associated with an insoluble bituminous substance. Amber is a macromolecule formed by free radical polymerization [25] of several precursors in the labdane family, for example, communic acid, communol ...

  4. Amber (color) - Wikipedia

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    Ant preserved in amber. The color amber is a pure chroma color, located on the color wheel midway between the colors of yellow and orange.The color name is derived from the material also known as amber, which is commonly found in a range of yellow-orange-brown-red colors; likewise, as a color, amber can refer to a range of yellow-orange colors.

  5. List of automotive light bulb types - Wikipedia

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    Amber, ANSI № 7448 PS19W PG20-1 1 12 V: 19 W ANSI № 5201 PSY19W PG20-2 1 12 V: 19 W Amber, ANSI № 2502 PW19W WP3.3×14.5-1 1 12 V: 19 W ANSI № 7446 PWR19W WP3.3×14.5-5 1 12 V: 19 W Red PWY19W WP3.3×14.5-2 1 12 V: 19 W Amber, ANSI № 7449 P21W BA15s 1 6 V, 12 V, 24 V: 21 W ECE nominal luminous flux: 460lm ± 15% Old designation: P25-1 ...

  6. Amber (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Amber is a feminine given name taken from amber, the fossilized tree resin that is often used in the making of jewelry. The word can also refer to a yellowish-orange color . [ 3 ]

  7. Haidomyrmecinae - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of species are known from Burmese amber, which dates to the mid-Cretaceous, around 100 million years ago. Other species are known from French amber of equivalent age, as well as the Canadian amber of Alberta, Canada, which dates to around 80 million years ago.

  8. Military colours, standards and guidons - Wikipedia

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    In Cambodia, the Colours of the Military and other uniformed institutions follow British, US, and French practice.. Until 2022, what was essentially a large version of the Flag of Cambodia with the unit name below in white in the bottom blue stripe was used as the King's Colour of RCAF formations before being reassigned as the National Colour for parades and ceremonies.

  9. Etymology of electricity - Wikipedia

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    The Neo-Latin adjective electricus, originally meaning 'of amber', was first used to refer to amber's attractive properties by William Gilbert in his 1600 text De Magnete. The term came from the classical Latin electrum , 'amber', from the Greek ἤλεκτρον ( elektron ), 'amber'. [ 1 ]