Small pieces of amber were discovered in a lignite deposit on Cape York.
Mike Archer and Phil Creaser.
A night-time visitor to the camp.
Remote areas of Cape York coastline are being explored in the search for more amber.
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Amber update: Cape York 2009
By Phil Creaser
06 October 2009
A successful field trip to Cape York was held recently. A small number of amber specimens were collected but the main aim was to try and investigate possible sources of the amber.
This was achieved with the discovery of small pieces of amber in a lignite deposit. Further work is planned to study this deposit.
The team also had a poster at the recent SRI Conference in Melbourne.
There was great interest in the project and the work being done at the European Synchrotron in Grenoble.
A few members of the team had visited Grenoble earlier in 2009 to examine Cape York amber specimens using the Synchrotron.
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