Specimen #751
Name: Kauri Gum
Type: Mineral
Locality: Cape Wreina, New Zealand
Favorite? N
Fluorescent? N
Size: 5.9 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Weight: 49
Acquired: 2008-07-24
Source: Gift from Sam
Label: N
Comment: Amazingly light! Kauri gum was formed when resin from the kauri tree leaked out through fractures or cracks in the bark, hardening with the exposure to air. Lumps commonly fell to the ground and became covered with soil and forest litter, eventually fossilising. Other lumps formed as branches forked or trees were damaged, releasing the resin.
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