Amber
![Amber pendants made of modified amber. The oval pendant is 52 by 32 mm (2.0 by 1.3 in).](/Images/godic/202412/20/Amber.pendants.800pix.0502031042.jpg")
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![An ant inside Baltic amber](/Images/godic/202412/20/Amber21042.jpg")
![A mosquito and a fly in this Baltic amber necklace are between 40 and 60 million years old](/Images/godic/202412/20/Baltic_Amber_necklace_with_insects_inclusions1042.jpg")
Amber is fossilized tree resin (not sap), which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects. Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry.