To: presidio9
"Amber, a translucent semiprecious stone, is a substance that begins as tree resin." Never unserstood this part...how does tree sap (from an organic process) become a stone?
6 posted on
10/30/2006 8:26:18 AM PST by
patriot_wes
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - may they prosper who love thee...Ps 122:6)
To: patriot_wes
Coal is also from an organic process, as is limestone.
8 posted on
10/30/2006 8:27:13 AM PST by
presidio9
(Make Mohammed's day: Shoot a nun in the back.)
To: patriot_wes
It dries out and hardens. This keeps happening until what is left after the volatiles are gone is rock hard. Over 50 million years even the heavy volatiles evaporate. Also, there could be a setting up reaction like happens in concrete, polymer chains lengthen over time.
17 posted on
10/30/2006 8:45:27 AM PST by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: patriot_wes
Fossilization? Something akin to that process would be my guess!
41 posted on
10/03/2011 8:55:25 AM PDT by
Tallguy
(You can safely ignore anything that precedes the word "But"...)
To: patriot_wes; All
Amber isn’t really like a stone. It is more like plastic or bakelite.
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