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Dominican Republic amber is very transparent and is known for the number of high quality inclusions it contains.
There are two main sites that yield amber in the Dominican Republic; Santiago de los Caballeros, in the north, and Santo Domingo, in the east. In the northern area, the amber-bearing unit is the upper part of the La Taco Formation, comprising a suite of clastic rocks. This unit is composed of sandstone with occasional conglomerates that accumulated in a deltaic to deep-water environment. Individual thick, coarse beds are at the base of the formation. These beds grade into the sandstone, which contains the amber, in parallel lamination with occasional ripple marks preserved on the surfaces.
