How many kinds of amber are there in the world?

Amber (Amber in English, Ambrum in Latin) is a fossil formed by the long-term evolution of the resin of ancient Pinaceae plants buried in the stratum. Transparent as crystal, bright as pearl, and colored as agate. The varieties are Jin Po, Insect, Xiangpo, Lingpo, Shipo, Huapo, Shuipo, Mingpo and Wapo. Amber containing intact insects or plants is especially precious.

Amber is a kind of resin fossil, which was buried underground tens of millions of years ago and formed through certain chemical changes. This is an organic mineral.

Amber has a variety of shapes, the surface often retains the lines produced when the resin flows, and bubbles and ancient insect or plant debris are often seen inside.

In ancient China, amber was called animal soul, lamp bead, amber, amber, amber, amber, amber, amber, amber, amber, amber, amber, amber, amber.

Tears shed by tigers.

It is also believed that amber has the function of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, calming the nerves and calming the nerves.

By source

1, sea amber-amber washed ashore by the waves.

2. Mine amber-amber obtained from open-pit coal mining.

Internationally, it is often divided by origin.

1, Baltic amber: yellow-brown amber, transparent.

2, Romanian amber: reddish brown tone, light brown-reddish brown, cracked.

3. Sicilian amber: the same as Romanian amber. But the color is dark and has turquoise fluorescence. Purple and green are treasures.

4. Myanmar: China amber: reddish brown, brownish yellow-dark brown, often containing calcite particles, with high hardness.

Traditional classification of China

According to the color and transparency of amber, it is also the basis for the division of amber in China at present. According to the degree of value, they are insects, Jin Po, blood, Lingpo, Xiangpo, beeswax, water, Shippo, flowers, Mingpo, wax, Yunpo, Turbidite and so on.

(1) Insect amber: amber that wraps all kinds of insects. (Fushun, geological museum).

(2) Jin Po: pale golden yellow, transparent, crystal clear as topaz, clean and flawless.

(3) Blood amber: crimson as chicken blood.

(4) Xiangpo: It is fragrant.

(5) beeswax: golden yellow, egg yolk, waxy feeling; Waxy luster to resinous luster.

(6) Jindi honey: amber with serpentine pattern composed of transparent Jin Po and translucent beeswax.