Traditionally, amber produced in Belarus is not considered as the origin of amber. With the hot sale of amber in recent years, Ukrainian miners began to mine amber at the edge of the mining area, crossing the border between Ukraine and Belarus and mining in Belarus.

This is a few large pieces of material mined about 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, separated from the Ukrainian mining area by several small lakes and a swamp, with 8 pieces of *** 1.2 kg. It's the same material as everywhere.

Distribution and main producing areas of amber resources in the world;

1. Amber from the Isle of Wight, England

Scientists' great interest in amber on the Isle of Wight stems from its age. It comes from the Mesozoic Cretaceous period1.300 million years ago. Their main color is brown beeswax, with a transparent yellow vortex, which contains many plant fragments and pyrite crystals. Amber was also found in Musdas and Sussex in England for a longer time, about 65.438+0.4 billion years ago, but no insects were found in it.

2. Lebanese amber

Lebanese amber is mainly yellow and contains many cracks, which makes amber very fragile. Similar amber has been found in the Middle East, Israel and Jordan. Insects found in Lebanese amber are also of great significance, because they came from the late Mesozoic Cretaceous period 1 100 million years ago. This fragile amber, which produces little, has almost no jewelry value.

3. Burmese amber

Burmese amber is mainly dark orange or dark red. Amber blocks contain plant fragments. Most of them were mined in the middle abyss of Hukawang Valley in northern Myanmar in the early 20th century. According to the scientific examination of submarine microfossils and extinct insect species polymerized by amber in Myanmar, its age is about 60 million to 65.438+0.2 billion years.

In northern Myanmar, commonly known as the Hukaon Canyon, many businessmen say that only three mines are in production. It is believed that it is not only produced in the Hukawang Gorge in northern Myanmar, but also near the Indian border, with more than three ore occurrences. Many mines are small, which is caused by unplanned mining by local farmers. But the raw materials produced by Indian border mines are better and richer; Some people even think that the raw materials of snow slopes are mainly produced in mines near the Indian border. Some domestic businesses don't talk about specific mines and specific places of origin, mainly trade secrets.

4. Amber in Sicily, Italy

Amber in Sicily is mostly orange or red. But there will be green, blue and black. Generally speaking, beeswax is relatively rare and transparent. After polishing, their surfaces are very dazzling. The age is about 60-90 million years.

5. China amber

China amber is mostly transparent, orange or red. There are a large number of China amber carvings in the American Museum of Natural History. Amber containing insects can be collected near Fushun, Liaoning Province. Between 35 million and 57 million years.

Amber in China is mainly produced in Neogene argillaceous sandstone and coal-bearing strata. Secondly, it occurs in Mesozoic Cretaceous strata. The main known producing areas are Liaoning, Henan, Yunnan, Fujian, Tibet and other provinces. Secondly, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Sichuan and other provinces also produce.

Amber produced in Fushun, Liaoning Province is the most famous. Fushun amber is mainly produced in coal measures strata of Paleogene Guchengzi Formation. Sometimes accompanied by "coal concentrate" output. Recovering amber when mining coal mines. Where the coal seam is rich in amber, amber particles can account for 34%. What's interesting is. Some amber is wrapped in fossils such as mosquitoes, ants, cockroaches and bees.

Amber producing areas in Henan Province are mainly distributed in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic continental strata in Xixia and Neixiang. The main known producing areas are Muchaigou in Neixiang, Chongyang Township and Dinghe Township in Xixia County. 1979? When water conservancy was built in Xixia area at the beginning of the year, high-quality amber was dug out of the ground. These amber are purple. Translucent, good luster. Amber resources in Fujian Province are mainly distributed in Zhangpu to Longhai. Amber ore bodies occur in the lower strata of the tertiary Fotan Group, which are lenticular and layered. Amber is often interbedded with mudstone, oil shale and lignite. Produced by Shepper, Jin Po, Mihuangpo, etc.

Tibetan amber is distributed in Nima County. It has been found that there are three producing areas: Dragonair, Du Jiang and Zhongcang. Ganglong Amber Mine is located in Berg Mountain ("Amber Mountain" in Tibetan)? ,? There are two kinds of primary ore and residual slope deposit. Primary minerals occur in clastic rocks in the lower part of Eogene and carbonaceous siltstone in the upper bioclastic limestone, where 10? How many layers and centimeters are there in the residual carbonaceous shale sandwiched in muddy sandstone? Thick amber seams. Amber is mostly spherical or ellipsoidal, and a few are pie-shaped or thin strips. The diameter is 0 12 ~? 12? cm？ ,? Mainly maroon, with a small amount of light red, deep red and orange yellow.

Amber resources in Inner Mongolia are distributed in Mesozoic Cretaceous strata in North Erhu area. Amber is found in argillaceous and sandy rocks containing lignite. Probably formed in 1 13? Billions of years ago? This is the oldest known amber.

Besides,? Amber is also produced in coal measures strata in Jiayin, Heilongjiang, Enshi, Hubei, Fengjie and Zhongxian, Sichuan.

6. Baltic amber

It is very transparent, so it is easy to observe, and it contains many wraps. Their age is about 30-60 million years, from early Eocene to late Oligocene. Many of them reached the blue mud of the Baltic Sea at a place lower than the groundwater level. After the storm, the Earth was swept into the sea and washed ashore.

The largest mineral in the Baltic Sea is located in Kaliningrad, Russia. Kaliningrad borders Poland and Lithuania. It is a country separated from Russia and was once the territory of Prussia. After merging into Russia, it was renamed Kaliningrad. Baltic amber is extremely rich in color. When first harvested, it is generally lemon yellow, orange yellow, cloudy (beeswax) and transparent. Transparent amber can clearly see insects and other packages, while beeswax, because it is opaque, can't see anything inside except the bark and grass roots floating on the surface.

Generally, amber will be oxidized to deep orange and red after being exposed to air or seawater for at least 50 years. Most Baltic amber contains succinic acid which is beneficial to human health, so Baltic amber is also called succinic acid.

7. Dominican amber

Dominican amber comes from Hispaniola Island in Dominican Republic. Interest in them began at 1960, and the output was not high. Generally transparent, yellow or orange, blue and green are more precious. They come from a leguminous tree, but they are different from similar leguminous plants that exist today: Hymenaea? Protera. This is similar to copal fat in early Africa. Different from the subtropical forest wrapped in Baltic amber, Dominican amber embodies a tropical forest scene, which contains a lot of insects, flowers and plants, which has aroused great interest of scientists and collectors. Dominican amber is between 25 million and 30 million years old.

8. Mexican amber

Mexican amber is produced in Chiapas. Their colors are mostly yellow and light brown, but also green, crimson, red and blue, as shown in the figure below. Amber is often accompanied by cracks. Their age is about 20-30 million years. Its rich colors come from nature and it is a good choice for jewelry.

9. Amber in Borneo, Malaysia

Malaysia, also known as Sarawak Amber, is mainly produced in Borneo Island. The color is usually dark red, even black, and yellow blocks are rare. This amber usually contains a little wax. Some yellow blocks are not completely petrified, and they are still coba oil. Their age is about 20 million years. Borneo amber deposit is located in coal seam, which is relatively firm, not fragile and easy to polish.