AMBER
Amber is fossilized resin and in some deposits numerous insects
and spiders are preserved, complete, inside pieces of amber.
Amber is rare but insects such as this are occasionally seen for
sale as jewelry. Lepkjtis is a member of the Diptera which includes
the true flies. Insect in amber (Leptis Oligocene).
(Hamilton et al 19761976,
292)
amber artefacts
