My fat amber ring cost £10 and beaded necklace £40. Back home in London, I nipped into John Lewis's jewellery department to find amber prices five times higher than in low-cost Lithuania, and ...

Paleopharmaceuticals from Baltic amber might fight drug-resistant infections Date: April 5, 2021 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ...

Because Baltic Amber can be many millions of years old, the sheer 'ancient-ness' of it somehow gives it some extra street cred at the corner juice bar, fashionista preschool, or yoga studio.

Grass found in Baltic amber Date: October 4, 2021 Source: Oregon State University Summary: Amber researc has produced the first definite identification of grass in fossilized tree resin from the ...

Humans in the Baltic countries have used ancient amber (fossilized tree resin) for medicinal purposes for centuries. Infants there today are given amber necklaces that they chew to relieve ...

Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past.

The Baltic amber flower’s identity hadn’t been revised until Dr. Sadowski’s paper in Scientific Reports was published Thursday. Plants in amber are a rarity.

For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal purposes. Even today, infants are given amber necklaces that they chew to relieve teething pain, and people put ...