FMF Minerals Gallery

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Berlin amber. The upper three from the left to the right: reddish brown sample from Postfenn gravel pit in Grunewald forest - very clear one (5,5 cm) from the tower block construction at Thorwaldsen street/Steglitz in the 1970s - small tumbler, having been found during the construction of the tube at Bayerischer Platz station/Schöneberg. The two in the middle: yellow opaque from Gatow (having been found during construction works at the army airport in 1985) - old find from Seddinberg gravel pit/Müggelheim. The two lower ones: small pebble from Parey gravel pit/Spandau - clear one from a building pit at the Wall street near Alexanderplatz. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)