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The age of the amber is controversial, though it is generally interpreted as having been produced during the Eocene epoch (56-34 million years ago). Different authors have given estimates of 40-47 million years ago and 35-43 million years ago as the age of the amber. Dating the amber precisely is difficult due to its redeposited context. [6]
Burmese amber - also known as burmite, is a Cretaceous age amber about 99 million years old found mainly in the Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma). The most common amber containing insect inclusions of the Cenomanian, mined in a very large amount since late 2010s and became one of the most available types of amber.
This amber, referred to as Lebanese amber, is roughly 125–135 million years old, is considered of high scientific value, providing evidence of some of the oldest sampled ecosystems. [ 55 ] In Lebanon, more than 450 outcrops of Lower Cretaceous amber were discovered by Dany Azar, [ 56 ] a Lebanese paleontologist and entomologist.
The amber dates from between 23 million years old at the oldest and 15 million years at the youngest. The Guadalupe Victoria site is an outcrop of amber bearing strata belonging to the Mazantic Shale and Balumtum Sandstone .
Scientists are marveling over the exquisitely preserved skull of what appears to be the smallest-known bird.
The age of the amber has been controversial. A study in the early 1990s returned a date up to 40 million years old. [2] However, other authors have suggested a date in the Miocene, around 20–15 million years old, based on marine microfossils found in the sediment the amber is contained in. [3]
Amber Heard, who is 31 years old, was cast to play the mother of an 18-year-old actor in the indie film 'Gully.'
On "Pawn Stars," a man brought in a 50-million-year-old amber rock with a spider in it ... or so he thought. Madison was under the impression he had a piece of Baltic amber that was between 40 and ...