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    Who first noticed insects in amber?

    Question #121013. Asked by serpa. (Apr 07 11 12:40 AM)


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    The presence of insects in amber was noticed by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia, and led him to theorize correctly that, at some point, amber had to be in a liquid state to cover the bodies of insects. Hence he gave it the expressive name of succinum or gum-stone, a name that is still in use today to describe succinic acid as well as succinite, a term given to a particular type of amber by James Dwight Dana.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber

    Apr 07 11, 4:03 AM

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