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FOSSIL RESIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining of Organic Materials
DEF

A natural resin exuded by buried plants and trees during geologic time, such as amber, copal and retinite.

OBS

The term fossil resin is also sometimes used as a synonym for amber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
DEF

Résine naturelle trouvée dans les dépôts provenant d'arbres enfouis au cours des temps géologiques, comme l'ambre, le copal, la rétinite.

CONT

La résine fossile est jaune, brune, rougeâtre ou blanchâtre, le plus souvent transparente, au moins sur les bords; compacte, lisse au toucher, rayée par le canif mais non par l'ongle. Elle flotte sur l'eau salée; dans la flamme, elle brûle avec une odeur de résine. Elle se présente toujours en petits fragments, dans des sables et des argiles ou associée à des lignites. L'ambre en est un bon exemple.

Spanish

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