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CONSERVATION OF AMBER

CONSERVATION OF AMBER and its inclusions

Deterioration

often manifest as:

Crazing

Colour changes

Breaking

Spalling

Pyrite disease

Causes:

UV-light and Daylight

Temperature

Relative Humidity (RH)

Oxidation

Hazards:

Chemicals, Cleaning Agents and Pollutants

Recommendations

Digitization and Research:

Take care while performing some processes

Sadowski, E.-M.*, Schmidt, A.R., Seyfullah, L.J., Solórzano-Kraemer, M.M., Neumann, C., Perrichot, V., Hamann, C., Milke, R., Nascimbene, P.C.* (2021). Conservation, preparation and imaging of diverse ambers and their inclusions. Earth-Science Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103653