Dinosaurs have been more popular than ever since their starring role in the movie Jurassic Park. A more surprising result of the movie's
popularity has been a worldwide surge in demand for amber jewelry. Although amber's use in adornment is probably as old as mankind, in
recent history it has had a limited market. Of course, that was before millions of people saw dinosaur DNA extracted from a mosquito
trapped in amber in the movie.Millions of people learned from the movie that amber, which is fossilized pine tree sap, is ancient and
valuable, like an antique from previous history.Desire for amber is nothing new. Amber artifacts dating to the Stone Age were found in what
is now Germany and Denmark.
popularity has been a worldwide surge in demand for amber jewelry. Although amber's use in adornment is probably as old as mankind, in
recent history it has had a limited market. Of course, that was before millions of people saw dinosaur DNA extracted from a mosquito
trapped in amber in the movie.Millions of people learned from the movie that amber, which is fossilized pine tree sap, is ancient and
valuable, like an antique from previous history.Desire for amber is nothing new. Amber artifacts dating to the Stone Age were found in what
is now Germany and Denmark.
Made by the Sun
"Stone Age man imbued amber with supernatural properties and used it to wear and to worship," Mr Federman said. "Amber took on great
value and significance to, among others, the Assyrians, Egyptians, Etruscans, Phoenicians, and Greeks. It never completely went out of
vogue since the Stone Age. Between 1895 and 1900, onemillion kilograms of Baltic amber were produced for jewelry."Many myths surround
the origin of amber. Ovid writes that when Phaeton, a son of Phoebus, the sun, convinced hisfather to allow him to drive the chariot of the
sun across the sky for a day, he drove too close to the earth, setting it on fire. To save the earth, Jupiter struck Phaeton out of the sky with his
thunderbolts and he died, plunging out of the sky. His mother and sister turned into trees in their grief but still cried mourning him. Their
tears, dried by the
sun, are amber.
Secrets Might Amber Hold !
Could a mosquito trapped in amber hold dinosaur DNA? Most amber just isn't old enough, celebrating maybe 25 to 50 million birthdays at
most. The amber, which was from the Lower Cretaceous period, was mined in the mountains of Lebanon south of Beirut by Aftim Acra, who
has a collection of amber pieces containing 700 insects, including termites, moths, caterpillars, spiders, pseudoscorpions, and midges,
which do suck blood.Most scientists, however, scoff at the possibility that dinosaur blood cells - and thus dinosaur DNA - could be
preserved in the body of an insect, no matter how bloodthirsty. However, a paleontologist at Montana State University, Jack Horner, recently
reported that his research group had discovered preserved red blood cells in the fossilized leg bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex, also long
thought to be impossible. The group hopes to find DNA fragments in the preserved blood cells. The fossilized T. rex is more than 65 million
years old.The science in this area is moving very fast: a few impossible things have happened, so it is impossible to say what secrets the
thousands of insects trapped in amber might hold. With real scientific discoveries and Hollywood fantasy discoveries both happening at the
same time, it must be time for amber to take its place in the sun again.
"Stone Age man imbued amber with supernatural properties and used it to wear and to worship," Mr Federman said. "Amber took on great
value and significance to, among others, the Assyrians, Egyptians, Etruscans, Phoenicians, and Greeks. It never completely went out of
vogue since the Stone Age. Between 1895 and 1900, onemillion kilograms of Baltic amber were produced for jewelry."Many myths surround
the origin of amber. Ovid writes that when Phaeton, a son of Phoebus, the sun, convinced hisfather to allow him to drive the chariot of the
sun across the sky for a day, he drove too close to the earth, setting it on fire. To save the earth, Jupiter struck Phaeton out of the sky with his
thunderbolts and he died, plunging out of the sky. His mother and sister turned into trees in their grief but still cried mourning him. Their
tears, dried by the
sun, are amber.
Secrets Might Amber Hold !
Could a mosquito trapped in amber hold dinosaur DNA? Most amber just isn't old enough, celebrating maybe 25 to 50 million birthdays at
most. The amber, which was from the Lower Cretaceous period, was mined in the mountains of Lebanon south of Beirut by Aftim Acra, who
has a collection of amber pieces containing 700 insects, including termites, moths, caterpillars, spiders, pseudoscorpions, and midges,
which do suck blood.Most scientists, however, scoff at the possibility that dinosaur blood cells - and thus dinosaur DNA - could be
preserved in the body of an insect, no matter how bloodthirsty. However, a paleontologist at Montana State University, Jack Horner, recently
reported that his research group had discovered preserved red blood cells in the fossilized leg bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex, also long
thought to be impossible. The group hopes to find DNA fragments in the preserved blood cells. The fossilized T. rex is more than 65 million
years old.The science in this area is moving very fast: a few impossible things have happened, so it is impossible to say what secrets the
thousands of insects trapped in amber might hold. With real scientific discoveries and Hollywood fantasy discoveries both happening at the
same time, it must be time for amber to take its place in the sun again.
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