Mineral Factbook

Minerals A–Z Identify Sources & methods

Amber

Mineraloid

Amber is fossilized tree resin. It is not an IMA-recognized mineral species.

Photos

Amber specimen photo — Niklitov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

Amber specimen photo — Rhetos · CC0 · Commons

Amber specimen photo — Rhetos · CC0 · Commons

Amber specimen photo — Ghedo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database (CC0). Photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors, licensed as credited per image. Historical property data: Dana’s System of Mineralogy 6th ed. (1892) and appendices; Ford (1922). All public domain.