The mountains around Simojovel in Chiapas hold the finest amber in the Americas, 25-million-year-old tree resin in honey-gold, red and the rare, prized blue that glows under sunlight, often holding perfect ancient insects. The Maya carried it, and it is still mined by hand in small family workings and sold in the Simojovel and San Cristóbal markets. Beware imitations; real Chiapas amber floats in salt water and fluoresces. A genuine window into the deep past.
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