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Scientists create lab-grown amber-like resin to study fossil preservation

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Amber and copal are fossilized tree resins prized for preserving delicate plant and animal remains for millions of years .

Scientists heated and pressurized fresh pine resin encased in clay in an attempt to transform it, mimicking and accelerating the chemical processes resins might naturally experience on their way to becoming copal and amber.

Resin was gathered from one Mountain Pine (Pinus mugo) and two Scots Pines.