Amber pendant keychain circa 4 million years old

circa 4 million years old

Exceptional specimens of individual iron pyrite cubes

A striking bed of 6 Scyphocrinites Elegans (Mahoumacrinus) crinoid heads

From Whitby

Amber pendant keychain circa 4 million years oldA very simple amber pendant on a silver plate chain. Amber is the fossilised resin from prehistoric forests, in this case the prehistoric pine forests of Lithuania. In rare conditions, the resin picks up and preserves whatever was unluckily enough to be in its sticky path. Some of this amber necklace contains the remains of leaf matter. It doesn't contain insects, which are a rarer occurrence in amber than Jurassic Park would have you think. Although