Amber essence

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Hi folks,

This is going to be a silly post, but oh well, you've grown accustomed to
that sort of thing from me.

We brought back some of the matrix from our dig in the Hell Creek Formation
last summer, and I found a tiny fragment of amber in it. (about the size of a
ball tipped straight pin). It was far from hard, and crumbled to dust while I
was rolling it between my fingers. That's not surprising, but the scent of
Western Cedar like they make shingles out of, sprang into the air.  A
wonderful surprise to smell the essence of  a tree at least 65 million years
old. Too d___ bad I couldn't save it. Has anyone else experienced this? The
Cretaceous enviornment must have been a wonderful place. (Even without the
dinos).

Roger A. Stephenson
lightwaves@aol.com(for now)