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Perfumery: Imitation of ambergris (different from fossil amber).
Traditional medicine (lithotherapy): Often used for its supposed soothing and protective properties.
🧬 Fossil inclusions
Amber is known for sometimes containing insects, spiders, seeds, or pieces of plants trapped before fossilization. These inclusions are of major scientific importance (paleontology, evolution).
📋 Mineralogical sheet:
Property
Details
Name
Amber with inclusion (insect, arachnid, plant, etc.)
Highly sought after: depends on the rarity and state of preservation of the inclusion
Short story / Anecdote
Amber with inclusion inspired the novel and film Jurassic Park , where dinosaur DNA was allegedly extracted from mosquitoes trapped in amber (fiction, but based on an appealing scientific idea).
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