Copal with insects
at-auction$ 600
- Locality
- Nosy Varika, Vatovavy-Fitovinany Region, Madagascar
- Dimensions
- 6.1 x 1 x 0.8 cm
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- SID
- J171
Fossil tree sap containing 10 well preserved wood boring insects and some flying insects. Like amber, copal is fossilzed tree sap, though younger in age.
This copal is from the tree species Hymenaea verrucosa and believed to be from the Quaternary Period.