Spruce Sawyer Beetle in Amber Amethyst It is a blue silicate

It is a blue silicate mineral

this formation of Amethyst is found in South Africa

where it derives its name

Hyaenodon cruentus was a

Spruce Sawyer Beetle in Amber Amethyst It is a blue silicateAmber is the fossilized resin of a variety of ancient species of coniferous and flowering trees. It is one of the few organic substances to qualify as a gemstone. Amber's color and opacity is determined by the type of tree that produces the resin, (as well as the density of microscopic air bubbles inside). Amber has the ability to preserve bits of forest debris from millions of years ago. Also, insects, small reptiles, plants and seeds, and even