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Grassy Lake amber fields
Amber shore Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Amber
FossilsAlso reported: lignite.
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Why this spot
Late Cretaceous amber weathering from coaly horizons near the old Grassy Lake workings, one of Canada's main fossil resin sources
Grassy Lake amber is documented in paleontological literature for its insect inclusions.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
summer heat, cactus
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