Amber pendant kids fossil These prehistoric echinoderms are preserved

These prehistoric echinoderms are preserved on a gritty micaceous siltstone

15 million years old

measurements are:

Still in its original matrix

Amber pendant kids fossil These prehistoric echinoderms are preservedA very simple amber pendant on a silver plate chain. Amber is the fossilised resin from prehistoric forests, in this case the prehistoric pine forests of Lithuania. In rare conditions, the resin picks up and preserves whatever was unluckily enough to be in its sticky path. Some of this amber necklace contains the remains of leaf matter. It doesn't contain insects, which are a rarer occurrence in amber than Jurassic Park would have you think. Although