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Amber can be defined, in the simplest way, as a fossil resin from (coniferous)pine trees containing succinic acid. Amber comes in a wealth of varieties produced by the great differenced in the degree of its translucency and colour – from pale yellow through numerous shades of yellow to white, bluish, greenish, beige and brown, Transparent, Translucent, Opaque yellow and
white amber, which has the appearance of solid foam.                                                                                                          Some Amber were found with insects inside, It has helped paleontologists reconstruct life on earth in its primal phases. More than 1,000 extinct species of insects have been identified in amber.variating from 20million years old to 130millions , way before the dinosaurs!                                     Amber pieces  has a very rich history. It was already a valued raw material in the Early Stone Age (Palaeolithic) and was used for the production of ornamental goods for many centuries in all the major cultures of Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Far East.