Copal de Zanzíbar (resina)
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Jerarquía
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Descripción
A variety of copal resin that is hard and found on the island of Zanzibar and areas of nearby African mainland. It is derived from either semi-fossilized specimens or as exudations on species Hymenaea verrucosa. The most valued pieces are fossilized specimens found embedded in the earth over a wide belt of East Africa on the western coast of Zanzibar, on tracts where not a tree is now visible. Zanzibar copal is a very hard, smooth, and shiny resin that is used to make a dark oil varnish, for fumigation, and in perfumery. Some specimens of Zanzibar copal are misrepresented as amber.
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Otros términos
- Zanzibar copal (resin) [en]
- Zanzibar kopal (hars) [nl]
- copal de Zanzibar (résine) [fr]
- coplae di zanzibar (resina) [it]
- copal, Zanzibar (resin) [en]
- East African copal (resin) [en]
- animé (copal) [en]
- Oostafrikaanse kopal (hars) [nl]
- copal de África Oriental (resina) [es]