3.1" Polished Chiapas Amber (37.5 g) With Insects - Necklace

Polished Chiapas Amber ( g) With Insects - Necklace #197935

This is a 3.1" long, 37.5 gram piece of polished amber from Chiapas, Mexico. A hole has been drilled through one end of the amber which is accompanied by the pictured string (approximately 22" long). There is a spider (order Araneae), a relatively large wasp (order Hymenoptera), a small cricket (order Orthoptera) and multiple flies (order Diptera) that are beautifully preserved within the amber. They are all located close to the exterior of the specimen and are best viewed using a loupe or microscope.

Under UV light, the amber fluoresces a vibrant blue-green color and portions of this specimen exhibit green coloration just under natural light.

Amber is fossilized tree resin that sometimes contains inclusions such as plant matter, fungi, and insects. This amber comes from mines in Chiapas, Mexico, and was formed during the Early/Middle Miocene (15-23 million years ago). The amber was produced by either the two extinct leguminous trees Hymenaea mexicana or Hymenaea allendis, both of which were initially described from fossil flowers included in Mexican amber.

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