What are the conditions for turpentine balls to become fossils?

Turpentine became a fossil, usually called amber. Amber is a kind of fossil, which has two meanings, so it is a fossil itself. At the same time, it usually contains some inclusions, such as plant leaves, pollen, or other plant residues. Of course, with luck, there will be insects and even arthropods preserved, which is even more precious.

The formation of amber requires the following conditions:

1. time. No matter how good the conditions are, time is not important. As the saying goes, time is a pen and time is a scalpel. Fossils take tens of thousands of years to form. Generally speaking, things over 65438+100000 years are called fossils in academic circles, while fossils like amber usually take tens of millions of years. Time makes the molecular structure of amber more stable, easier to collect and more valuable.

2. Buried, and it is a relatively fine funerary object. Generally speaking, the fine particles of buried objects, such as volcanic ash and fine silt, are all buried objects that are easy to form good fossils. If the particles of buried objects are too coarse, organisms or buried objects are easily decomposed by bacteria or destroyed by other substances, and it is difficult to form fossils.

3. Hypoxic burial environment. Under such conditions, bacteria are not easy to decompose buried objects, which is also an important condition for the formation of fossils.

4. The relatively concentrated carbonate and silicate water immersion environment is also very easy to promote the formation of fossils.

5. Pressure and heat can also promote the formation of amber.

In short, there are many conditions for the formation of amber, which are also very harsh. The probability of being found as amber must be one in ten thousand or two.