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I have not been able to get the photo to post, but it is worth seeing on the Washington Post homepage. Maybe a more technology savvy FReeper can help?
1 posted on 05/29/2003 8:21:50 AM PDT by xeno
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Amber, the translucent fossil resin left by long-extinct trees . . . ,

Pine trees are extinct?

2 posted on 05/29/2003 8:27:28 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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3 posted on 05/29/2003 8:28:53 AM PDT by Bommer (Tom Dasshole is a Domestic Enemy!!!)
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Here's a link to more pictures. Caught in Amber ... Ente Gallery

4 posted on 05/29/2003 8:29:43 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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I've seen the malachite and lapis rooms at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. This one must be just as spectacular.
5 posted on 05/29/2003 8:35:01 AM PDT by EggsAckley ( Midnight at the Oasis)
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I thought the amber room (the amber panels) was lost in WW-II. when did they find it?
6 posted on 05/29/2003 9:02:21 AM PDT by camle (no camle jokes, please...OK, maybe one little one)
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