Insects/Amber & Copal inclusions

Beautifully polished and gift boxed copal from Pleistocene to Holocene epochs of Madagascar.  The Holocene is our most recent time of the earth's history and that is the time we are living in now. The Holocene will probably end when the natural process of climate change allows the world to alter its environments.  Then we will have to think of a new time and name.     However, that of course does not mean copal is brand new because it comes from these deposits, it is still old, just not as old as amber which is millions of years old, and quite different from copal.   Its wrong to compare amber and copal,  because they are from different times and places and then you have things like Jet is similar to both so it can get quite complicated if you want to make comparisons.  Simply, Copal is Copal, Amber is Amber.  They are not substitutes or imitations of each other.    Copal is dated from tens of thousands of years to a few hundred years ago. 

It is a difficult process to date most things prehistoric but if you think of Copal is being someway down the middle you get an idea that it is still old, and many of the inclusions are extant and still around today.   This gives an idea of its age. All pieces have inclusions of insect and plant life, the plant life is normally the tree of which produced the copal resin.   Insects included are ants, termites, flies and various mites. 
​There is also air bubbles and sometimes sand and grit.

The oldest known Copal found is estimated to be 1.6 Million years old. Amber on the other hand, has been found in Carboniferous deposits (some 320 Million years old). But Amber that contains insects is most often found from the early Cretaceous onwards.  Flowering plants that need pollinators marks the time of exotic insects and these are found in all their preserved glory.

We also have insect fossils that are found preserved on silt and mudstones from time to time, which you will find on the Insect page

Copal with plant and insect inclusions (Natural Flows and freeform)

Polished Madagascan Copal with Termite poo pellets A3

£13.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Ants, Termites A4

£24.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insect A5

£22.99

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Polished Madagascan Copal with Plant inclusions A7

£23.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Termite poo and Insects A8

£44.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Spider A11

£21.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal Flow with insects A15

£14.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal Plant inclusions A18

£23.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insect A20

£18.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Ant and insects A21

£27.99

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Polished Madagascan Copal with Insect inclusions A22

£26.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Insect inclusions A26

£27.99

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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects, Termites A27

£31.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Insects A28

£27.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects, Termite poo A29

£32.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects, Ants A30

£36.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A34

£24.99

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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A35

£34.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A37

£44.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A39

£41.99

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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A40

£26.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A44

£44.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A46

£22.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A47

£32.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A48

£44.99

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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A49

£44.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A50

£26.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A51

£23.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A53

£32.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects, Ants and Termites A54

£36.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects and bugs A56

£39.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with bugs and leaf A57

£34.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects and bugs A58

£36.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Bugs A59

£21.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Bugs A60

£18.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal A61

£19.99

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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects, bugs A63

£37.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Flying insects A65

£35.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Ant and plant inclusions A66

£32.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Termite Poo A78

£34.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with bugs A79

£22.99
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Polished Madagascan Copal with Ants A80

£22.99
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Boxed Copal with insect inclusions
Most contain some kind of insect inclusion.   Also the odd piece is just Copal, with little or no inclusions ideal for jewellery making.  If you want to know more info about these or anything else on the website, please get in touch.

Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 1

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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 2

£13.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 4

£8.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 5

£11.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 7

£13.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 8

£13.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 9

£9.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 10

£13.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 12

£12.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 14

£13.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 15

£15.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 16

£10.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 17

£13.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 18

£15.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 19

£13.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 20

£11.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 21

£10.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 22

£10.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 24

£7.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 25

£13.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 26

£7.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 28

£14.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 29

£15.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 30

£14.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 31

£17.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 32

£12.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 33

£14.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 34

£12.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 35

£12.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 36

£16.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 37

£12.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 38

£11.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 39

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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 40

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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 41

£10.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 42

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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 43

£17.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 44

£16.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 45

£6.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 46

£16.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 47

£16.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 48

£16.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 49

£14.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 50

£12.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 51

£15.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 52

£13.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 53

£9.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 54

£14.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 56

£9.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 57

£16.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 58

£9.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 60

£15.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 62

£23.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 63

£16.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 64

£24.99

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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 66

£16.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 67

£18.99

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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 69

£14.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 70

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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 71

£16.99
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Boxed Polished Madagascan Copal 72

£9.99
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