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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.
He compiled a report titled "On the Geology of the Sierra Nevada, or California Range." The second State Geologist, Josiah Whitney, served from 1860 to 1873. Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him.
The oldest amber with arthropod inclusions comes from the Late Triassic (late Carnian c. 230 Ma) of Italy, where four microscopic (0.2–0.1 mm) mites, Triasacarus, Ampezzoa, Minyacarus and Cheirolepidoptus, and a poorly preserved nematoceran fly were found in millimetre-sized droplets of amber. [53] [54] The oldest amber with significant ...
California's Amber Alert system hit a major milestone this week. 20 years after its start, the California Highway Patrol gave KCRA 3 a rare look inside the alert center where the alerts originate.
This cathedral is the oldest continuously operating parish, the oldest stone building in California, the smallest cathedral in the United States and one of the two oldest cathedrals in the United States. It is the only existing Presidio cathedral in California and the only original building in the Monterey Presidio. 113: San Diego Mission Church
The Kings County Sheriff's Office shared in a Facebook post that authorities are searching for Arya and Alana Maldonado, who are 3-years-old and 2-years-old, respectively, after they were found ...
A 7-month-old girl suspected of being abducted was found safe a few hours after the California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert for six counties in the greater Sacramento area on Thursday morning.
Queen Anne style office building with Italianate influences, served as the first headquarters of Union Oil Co.; now the California Oil Museum; also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and designated in 1991 as California Historical Landmark No. 996 [25] 37: Hueneme Slough Site: Surfside Dr. and Moranda Pkwy. Port Hueneme ...