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IIntroduction
Interestinamber
Amber?WeknowitwelllforitisoneofPoland,smostcommondecora-
tivestones.Talismans,fetishesandornaments,whichcameaboutalmostatthe
sametime,provethatambergeneratedinterestasearlyasinprehistory.Atfirst
itwascuriosityandasuddenenchantmentwithanambernuggetthatwasfound
bychance.Today
,geologistsdealwithamberdeposits,prospectingandmining.
Mineralogists,physicistsandchemistsresearchitspropertiesandorigins.Gem-
mologistsareworkingonthebestmethodsofidentifyinggemstonesinorderto
efficientlyeliminateforgeriesandindicatethestones,mostpreciousfeatures.
Topalaeoentomologists,amberisanespeciallyvaluableresearchmaterial,with
itscopiousworldofmummifiedarthropodspreservedsometimesinsuchanex-
cellentconditionthattheirminutestinternalorgansarevisible.Palaeobotanists
wishtorecreateforestassemblagesoutofthetinyvegetalfragmentswhichare
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