natural resin

Amber's original form

Natural resin is a sticky, semisolid organic substance secreted by certain plants, especially conifers like pine and fir.

Trees produce resin to seal wounds and protect against insects and pathogens.

Amber is fossilized natural resin.

Natural resins have been used for millennia in varnishes, adhesives, incense, and medicines, distinguished from synthetic resins manufactured through chemical processes.

Related
  • amberHardened ancient tree secretion
  • amber jewelryOrnaments of fossilized tree resin
  • sapPlant circulatory fluid
  • tree sapFluid from woody plants
  • pineCone-bearing evergreen

pine tar · tree · sticky · aromatic · copal · myrrh · frankincense · rosin · lac · fossilized · fossil record · golden · hardened · varnish · incense · incense burner · ooze · drip

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Capable of being molded

epoxy · polyurethane · thermoplastic · epoxy resin · silicone

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G