Composition
Tree resin is a viscous liquid and contains Terpene which is volatile and is a class of hydrocarbons. The state in which fatwood is found is that of the resin hardening over time and ranges from a form of colloquially named Copal after the tree of the same name, to Amber (another tree), and are states leading from sub-fossil or semi-fossilized resin to a process that can result in petrification.
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