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Colombian copal with BEAUTIFUL roots and GOLD color

$ 26.4

Availability: 44 in stock
  • Condition: New
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Colombia

    Description

    Colombian copal (young amber) stone with plant inclusions (roots).
    Inclusions naturally trapped in copal amber 1-5 millions of years ago.
    Size:
    It weighs 19 grams.
    Measures:
    5.6x3.9x1.8 cm
    Color:
    Honey
    Copal is young amber, amber is old copal. Just as simple as that.
    Therefore, to say copal is ?amber imitation? is pure nonsense, as it is just hardened tree resin of younger age, which has not yet undergone some mythical transformation.
    Because of it?s color and hardness, some researchers believe the Colombian material may be from the Pliocene or Pleistocene time period, probably about 2 to 3 million years old, in some regions even up to 16 million years old, but in others much, much younger (Santander) and may only count with some thousands, or just some hundreds of years. So be it.