Once in a while you will find that we also offer Colombian Copal in this Catalog of “The Amber Ranch”.
What is Copal?
The Aztec word “copal” (Nahuatl: copalli) refers to all tree resins -old or young- that have been employed as incense over the centuries. So from this etymological point of view, it turns most ambers -also the ‘famous’ Baltic- into Copal, because they are used for insence even today.
But for lack of a better word, in modern times “Copal” is used to refer to semi-fossilized resins or sub-fossil amber. So, basically “copal” is “young amber” and “amber” is “old copal”. In order to respect the commonly accepted rules, we want to reserve the word “amber” for ‘really’ ancient tree resins and “copal” for more recent ones.
We also offer Colombain Copal for wholesale and have excellent prices. In case of interest, please visit ColombianCopal.com.
"At Santiago, in San Domingo, in the valley of the brook Acagua, amber pieces, some as large as the egg of a goose, reward the explorer." J.G. Haddow, Liverpool, 1891
Although times have changed and amber is not found as easily as J.G.Haddow described it in 1891, we do have our contacts directly into the mines. We are your direct link.
We are from The Amber Ranch.
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