Baltic Amber with plant
Type - Fossil Tree Resin
Era - Oligiocene
Age - 38 million to 24.6 million years
Location - Baltic Sea, Eastern Europe
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Baltic Amber is a type of organic fossil, meaning it's made from once-living material (tree resin) rather than minerals like most crystals and gemstones. Over 44–50 million years, this sticky resin from ancient trees hardened and fossilized, preserving its form.
 
The resin came from an extinct species of tree, likely related to modern pine or coniferous trees, growing in the massive subtropical Baltic forests during the Eocene period. These forests stretched across much of what is now Northern Europe. When the trees were damaged, they secreted resin as a defence just like trees do today.
 
Learn more about Baltic Amber here - Trapped in Time: The Story of Baltic Amber