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SuCCiniTE,alsoknownasBalticamber,orjustamber,isthebestknown
amongfossilresins;ithasthelongesttraditionbehinditandthemostprofuse
literaturewhichdatesbacktoantiquity.Thetermsuccinitewasusedforthefirst
timeinmineralregistersfrom1820byAugustBreithaupt(1791–1873),amin-
eralogyprofessorattheFreibergMiningAcademy.Ithasitsoriginsinoneofthe
namesusedforamberinNaturalisHistoriaby1stcenturyCEwriterPlinythe
Elder:KOurforefathers,too,wereofopinionthatitisthejuice(sucus)ofatree,
andforthisreasongaveitthenameofsucinum”(BookXXXVII).
Thesamekindoffossilresin(nottobeconfusedwithavariety!)isalso
foundinUkraine(Ukrainianamber,alsoreferredtoasRivneamberafteracity
ofthatname)andMiddleGermany(knownasSaxonorBitterfeldamber,after
itslocality).
SinglesuccinitefindswerealsodescribedinSiberiaandNorthAmericalon
Canada,sAxelHeibergandSomersetIslands.
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