Sentences with phrase «pieces of amber»

Elizabeth arranged for the half million pieces of amber to be combined in a mosaic - like style to create the walls and ceiling of her Amber Room at Catherine Palace.

Wolfe and colleagues then combed through 150,000 pieces of amber from the fossil - rich rocks of Alberta, Canada.

Other pieces of amber suggest that a different tick species from the same period, dubbed Deinocroton draculi, hung out in feathered dinosaur nests (SN: 8/23/14, p. 15).

A number of spectacular pieces of amber recently recovered from Myanmar gave Barden, Grimaldi, and their colleagues a clear answer: Eusociality was going strong in both groups during the Cretaceous.

No two items of jewelry are ever the same as no two pieces of amber are identical.

When Bacon looked at a piece of amber he could make a list of properties such as colour and weight.

We inspect each and every piece of amber jewelry for quality to ensure that the beads are not cracked or broken and that they are all the right shape, color and weight; that the gaps between the knots and beads are small, and that the clasps are secured the right way.

If a piece of amber isn't high quality, the amount of treatment oil available won't be enough to soothe your baby.

Interestingly, Martin Luther carried a piece of amber in his pocket as a protection against kidney stones.

Each piece of amber is knotted on the strand so only one bead will come lose if a break occurs.

Researchers from China, Canada, and the University of Bristol have discovered a dinosaur tail complete with its feathers trapped in a piece of amber.

DINE - O - SAUR In this 99 - million - year - old piece of amber, a tick trapped on a dinosaur feather provides rare evidence of the hosts these bloodsuckers preferred during the Cretaceous Period.

The result was a fossilized piece of amber that captured the event — complete with spider silk — in remarkable detail.

Now a section of a dinosaur's tail, complete with feathers, has been found trapped in a piece of amber.

Scientists have discovered a 52 - million - year - old piece of amber containing the fossil of a beetle that not only tricked ants to gain access to colonies, but also leeched off them and ate their eggs.

The randy arachnid was found preserved in a piece of amber found in Myanmar.

Not exact matches

Pieces of pumpkin are transformed into sweet, glistening amber - colored jewels in this recipe for Pumpkin Preserves.

This mix of walnut halves and pieces is a combination of light and amber meats.

This beautiful amber beaded necklace comes in a warm chestnut brown, and is both beautiful and functional piece of jewelry for your little one.

To make things easier, we recommend that you purchase a genuine piece of Baltic amber from a trustworthy source.

Make sure there's real amber in your amber teething necklace; when placed against something hot you should smell a hint of pine, rub your necklace against a piece of cloth and see if it creates static, and check to see your colors are buttery and light anything too bold has probably been cooked which reduces the effectiveness.

Also, beware of pressed amber, which are amber pieces fused together under very high pressure.

Each piece of jewelry is made from natural Baltic amber and comply with all quality standards.

The amber piece was originally seen as some kind of plant inclusion and destined to become a curiosity or piece of jewellery, but Xing recognized its potential scientific importance and suggested the Dexu Institute of Palaeontology buy the specimen.

In 1980, George Poinar and his future wife, Roberta Hess, an electron microscopist, cracked open a piece of 40 - million - year - old Baltic amber containing a remarkably well - preserved female fly.

The exhibition includes pieces ranging from the very sophisticated by the Polish designer Robert Rudniak to the Danish Omnibus team's splendid chunky necklace of unpolished amber beads that could double as a defensive weapon in an emergency.

A PIECE of feathered dinosaur tail was trapped in amber and preserved for almost 100 million years.

Archaeologists working on Crossrail have donated to the Museum a piece of 55 - million - year - old amber and a woolly mammoth jawbone fragment unearthed in London.

The only things I would like to update is a better piece of art (or huge round amber mirror) above the dresser.

Each child should have their own set of red, amber and green cups (or other red, amber and green visual such as key ring tabs or pieces of card).

Plug in any one of those three pieces of information, and AMB handles the rest by loading information gathered from online sources.

One of the obscure suggestions for the origin of the name, is that the word «ambar» refers to pieces of Mayan stone implements made from a translucent brown flint, which could resemble amber.

Discover Fort San Felipe, a vestige of Puerto Plata's colonial past, then a fascinating visit to Amber gallery including samples of ancient fossils of great historical value along pieces from the amber mines in the mountains.

There have been bits and pieces of feathered things found in amber before, but now half of a hatchling has been found and described in a new paper.