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Pressed amber is formed from small fragments of natural amber, formerly thrown away, and resin. These pieces are carefully heated with exclusion of air and then compressed into a uniform mass by intense hydraulic pressure; the softened amber and resin being forced through holes in a metal plate. This pressed amber yields brilliant interference colors in polarized light.
