Description
The universe has 13.8 billion years of history. Some of it fits in your hand. Baltic amber — Eocene tree resin, 44 million years old — is history’s most productive source of fossil inclusions. When an insect, spider, or plant fragment became trapped, it could be preserved in atomic detail longer than any other fossilization mode. This specimen contains a complete insect visible under a loupe. Jurassic Park was not entirely fiction.
This specimen originates from Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, one of the world’s most significant localities for this type of material. Collectors and scientists have drawn from this region for generations, and for good reason: the combination of geological conditions here produces specimens of exceptional quality and clarity.
Every specimen is unique. Photographs approximate the visual experience, but the real thing — its weight, its luster under a raking light, the way it catches the corner of your eye — can only be experienced directly.
