Amber's story outline;

A fly followed the smell of turpentine and stopped on a big pine tree. A spider quietly pounced on the fly. Just then, a big drop of turpentine dripped from the tree and wrapped them together in turpentine. After some struggle, the two bugs stopped, and the rosin continued to drip down, and finally it accumulated into a rosin ball. Ten million years later, the turpentine ball has turned into a fossil and was picked up by a father and son.

Introduction to the author of Amber:

Bruno H. Burdel, German writer (1804 ~ 1882) Bruno H. Burdel. Portfolio: the story, activities and the price of love of Ula Bora. The article "Amber" is based on the novel collection "Ulabola" by German scientist and popular science writer Bruno H. Burdel.

Generally speaking, this article belongs to popular science essay. However, because it appeared in the form of storytelling, the original boring and profound scientific knowledge became lively and interesting, attracting young readers, so some people said that Ulabora's story was a fairy tale.

The origin and morphological characteristics of amber;

1, the reason.

Amber is an organic mixture formed by geological processes of coniferous resin from Mesozoic Cretaceous to Cenozoic Tertiary. The formation of amber generally has three stages. In the first stage, resin is secreted from cypress. In the second stage, the resin was deeply buried and petrified, and the composition, structure and characteristics of the resin changed obviously.

The third stage is that the petrochemical resin is washed, transported, deposited and diagenetic, thus forming amber.

2. Morphological characteristics.

Amorphous, often in the form of nodules, tumors, droplets and so on. Some, such as tree rings, have radial textures; May contain animal remains, plant fragments, etc.

Amber has low hardness, light texture, astringency, jewel-like luster and crystal clear. Another feature of amber is that it is particularly rich in inclusions, including insects, plants and minerals. The shapes of animals and plants are mostly irregular granules, blocks, stalactites and granules. Sometimes it contains fossils of plants or insects.