Huge amber deposit discovered in India

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 09:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Those who are proud to have a piece of amber that holds a little animal trapped in it maybe should not continue to read this. For what can be seen in the millions of years-old tree resin is almost always just a paper-thin facade. If sliced down the middle, you would find no more than a hollow space covered in some sort of 'insect photo wallpaper'...

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