Barbara Kosmowska-Ceranowicz (Editor)
Authors: Barbara Kosmowska-Ceranowicz, Róża Kulicka, Krystyna Leciejkiewicz, Piotr Mierzejewski, Teresa Pietrzak

Amber in nature
Guide and catalogue of the exhibition in Museum of the Earth of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Warsaw, Al. Na Skarpie 26/27

"Wydawnictwa Geologiczne", Warszawa 1984
Book size 21.5 by 23 cm
96 pages with black-and-white  photographs plus 6 pages of colour photographs

In English

Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Part I Guide
Amber and its origins
Natural environment of amber
   Natural forms of amber
      External dripping forms
      Form produced by concentrations of resin
          inside tree trunks
Plant inclusions in amber
Animal inclusions in amber
Varieties and structure of amber
Amber in sediments
Methods of amber exploitation
Amber wares

 

 Part II Catalogue
Scope and composition of the catalogue
Amber and its origins
Natural environment of amber
Varieties and structure of amber
Amber in sediments
Specimens of amber with organic inclusions
Photographs, illustrations and maps of the exhibition
References

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