Amber

Dead Bugs in Amber   - Large list of amber resources.

Alfred Correya's Baltic Amber Collection - Pictures of insect inclusions from a collection acquired by the Hunterian Museum.

Amber Home - Garry Platt's personal site dedicated to amber fossil, resin and copal. Its paleontological significance is explored and there are many photographs of amber and inclusions and articles on its formation and role in human history.

Amber: Jewels of the Past - Amber page created by Tammi L. Johnson.

Amber: Window to the Past - Exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History that shows a re-creation of a 23 to 30 million-year-old Dominican amber forest.

Amber with Inclusions - Provides information, photographs and articles on amber which contains beautifully preserved plant-structures and fossilized small creatures.

Amberica West - Offers general information about amber and amber mining. Includes a discussion about recognizing fake amber.

Baltic Amber - Provides some notes on Baltic amber, a resin produced some 30 to 40 million years ago by the now extinct pine tree, Pinus succinifera.

Blue Amber Information - Information portal for Dominican Blue Amber, where and how it is mined, why it is blue and its uses.

Fossil Amber - Amber is the perfect fossil preservative. This article discusses its inclusions, chemistry, goegraphic dispersion and the distinction between amber and copal.

Fossil Amber with Inclusions of Insects and other Organisms - Provides a gallery of photographs of unwary invertebrates.

Galleria di Fossilizzazioni in Ambra - Photographs of invertebrates trapped in amber with the provenance of each.

Gintaro Galerija Muziejus - Museum of Baltic amber featuring exhibits of jewelry and art. [English and Lithuanian]

The Natural History of Amber - Mark R. Meyer provides an amber gallery, amber FAQ, amber timeline and a cultural history timeline.

New Jersey has Treasure Trove of Amber - Article by Jeff Poling about New Jersey amber.

The Search for DNA in Amber - Andrew Ross and Jeremy Austin discuss whether it possible to extract dinosaur DNA from insects in amber and re-create today these reptiles from the past? [PDF]

Swedish Amber Museum - Choice of English version.

The World of Amber - Susie Ward Aber of Emporia State University provides a comprehensive series of articles.