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- Inclusions with fossil life: the headline pieces hold ants, termites, spiders, and small lizards trapped millions of years ago. Magnifying lenses let you see legs and wings in sharp detail.
- Blue amber display: this rare variety looks yellow-brown indoors and glows blue under daylight or UV. The staff demonstrate it, and it is the best trick in the building.
- The Victorian mansion: wooden balconies, tall shutters, and period rooms show how Puerto Plata’s merchant class lived in the late 1800s.
- Amber formation exhibits: panels and samples explain how resin from ancient trees hardened over millions of years, and how it differs from copal.
- Fake-spotting demonstration: guides show simple tests for telling real amber from plastic, which saves money at every stall in town.
- Mining history displays: photos
- Inclusions with fossil life: the headline pieces hold ants, termites, spiders, and small lizards trapped millions of years ago. Magnifying lenses let you see legs and wings in sharp detail.
- Blue amber display: this rare variety looks yellow-brown indoors and glows blue under daylight or UV. The staff demonstrate it, and it is the best trick in the building.
- The Victorian mansion: wooden balconies, tall shutters, and period rooms show how Puerto Plata’s merchant class lived in the late 1800s.
- Amber formation exhibits: panels and samples explain how resin from ancient trees hardened over millions of years, and how it differs from copal.
- Fake-spotting demonstration: guides show simple tests for telling real amber from plastic, which saves money at every stall in town.
- Mining history displays: photos and tools cover the mines of the northern mountains near Santiago and Puerto Plata, where the stone is dug out by hand.
- Jewelry workshop and shop: you can watch pieces being cut and polished, then buy at fair, fixed prices if something catches your eye.
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