Copal with insects
at-auction$ 600
- Locality
- Nosy Varika, Vatovavy-Fitovinany Region, Madagascar
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- SID
- J174
Fossil tree sap containing a large number of well preserved 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.