| Trekking Baltic amber |
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In periods of stationary glacier water flowing from them resulted in the formation of ice deep valleys and the elevation of material on their backlog. In this way amber along with the entire mass of earth and stones, flowed to the south. However, the travel conditions were completely different from those prevailing in Eridani, this time not amber floated in water but in a huge mass of mud, which brought with it everything that was under a glacier. Pieces of amber were crushed, ground in a natural way. Amber in the fields plotted by the glacier is very small. Pieces of amber can be found almost everywhere in Poland, this is the same amber which we extract the delta Eridani. Over millions of years due to many factors individual specimens were transferred outside the delta, however, the biggest hike of amber was relatively recently. Over the past one million years the Earth has witnessed huge fluctuations in climate that led to the great ice age. In periods of stationary glacier water flowing from them resulted in the formation of ice deep valleys and the elevation of material on their backlog. In this way amber along with the entire mass of earth and stones, flowed to the south. However, the travel conditions were completely different from those prevailing in Eridani, this time not amber floated in water but in a huge mass of mud, which brought with it everything that was under a glacier. Pieces of amber were crushed, ground in a natural way. Amber in the fields plotted by the glacier is very small, and if we are dealing with a larger specimen it is usually crippled or shaped and polished, it is impossible to meet the lump about the natural shape. During the four glacial movements have significant quantities of raw material, but no way to determine which of them escaped from the delta most of the resin. Despite such drastic conditions of transport of the largest block of Baltic amber comes from glacial deposits. Amber found in 1860 near Kamien Pomorski weighs 9.75 kilograms, and is owned by the University Museum of Natural History. Humboldt. Beautiful Baltic amber specimens can be found at the Amber Museum in Gdansk, which would encourage a visit. |