Resin Collection

Agarwood, Aquilaria malaccensis, Critically endangered
6338391 Agarwood, Aquilaria malaccensis, Critically endangered by Corsi (19th century); (add.info.: Agarwood, Aquilaria malaccensis, Critically endangered. Aquilaria ovata, Aquilaria di Malacca)

Amber. The smaller pieces have been polished, the two larger pieces are unpolished. The amber at bottom right has an insect fossilised in it

Pine tree stem, light micrograph
Pine tree stem. Coloured light micrograph of a cross-section through the stem of a pine tree. (Pinus sp.). The red wood (xylem, lower left) has resin canals in it, which are outlined in green

Canary Islands dragon tree, Dracaena draco. Vulnerable
Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, Dracaena draco. Vulnerable. Handcolored copperplate engraving by J

Scott Bader Marco Resin For Comet De-Icing Ducting - Scott Bader & Co Ltd. Date: 1950

ICI Perspex Acrylic Resin Sheets - Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Date: 1938

ICI Perspex Acrylic Resin Sheets - Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Date: 1938

Du Pont Lucite Acrylic Resin - Du Pont de Nemours. Date: 1947

Du Pont Lucite Acrylic Resin - Du Pont de Nemours. Date: 1947

Pine resin in a pine trees forest near Nazare. Portugal

Interesting textures
" Blood red gum resin crystallised on the bark of a eucalyptus tree on Mount Tennent, Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory, Australia "

Myrrh resin for incense at Petra
Jordan, Petra, Myrrh resin incense for sale. Petra Archeological Park is a Jordanian National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Boulton & Paul P.10, on display largely un-covered at the 1919 Paris Salon d'Aeronautique (VIe Exposition Internationale de Locomotion Aerienne) from 19 December 1919, to 4 January 1920

A Juniper plant
5321275 A Juniper plant; (add.info.: Botanical drawing of a Juniper plant: The juice of young leaves and berries taken in vine was recommended against snake bite and Plague)

Gum benjamin tree, Styrax benzoin
5855095 Gum benjamin tree, Styrax benzoin; (add.info.: Gum benjamin tree, Styrax benzoin. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Dipterocarpus retusus tree. Vulnerable
FLO4995227 Dipterocarpus retusus tree. Vulnerable. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller or C.F

Copaiba, Copaifera officinalis
FLO4990669 Copaiba, Copaifera officinalis

Balsam fir, Abies balsamea
5855071 Balsam fir, Abies balsamea; (add.info.: Balsam fir, Abies balsamea)

Balsam of Mecca, Commiphora gileadensis
5855126 Balsam of Mecca, Commiphora gileadensis; (add.info.: Balsam of Mecca, Commiphora gileadensis. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Cascarilla, Croton eluteria
FLO4990302 Cascarilla, Croton eluteria

Oriental sweetgum or Turkish sweetgum
FLO4982785 Oriental sweetgum or Turkish sweetgum, Liquidambar orientalis

Engraving depicting the apparatus used for producing gas from resin, 19th century
5309475 Engraving depicting the apparatus used for producing gas from resin, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the apparatus used for producing gas from resin)

Sumbul, sumbal or muskroot, Ferula moschata (Ferula sumbul)
FLO4983083 Sumbul, sumbal or muskroot, Ferula moschata (Ferula sumbul)

Galbanum, Ferula gummosa (Ferula galbaniflua)
FLO4990406 Galbanum, Ferula gummosa (Ferula galbaniflua)

Opopanax or sweet myrrh, Opopanax chironium
5855088 Opopanax or sweet myrrh, Opopanax chironium; (add.info.: Opopanax or sweet myrrh, Opopanax chironium)

Cascarilla tree, Croton eleuteria
5855121 Cascarilla tree, Croton eleuteria; (add.info.: Cascarilla tree, Croton eleuteria. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Varieties of minerals and resins including mercury
FLO4652459 Varieties of minerals and resins including mercury, cinnabar, cobalt, sandarac

Cascarilla, Croton eluteria
FLO4990290 Cascarilla, Croton eluteria

Mastic, Pistacia lentiscus
5855106 Mastic, Pistacia lentiscus; (add.info.: Mastic, Pistacia lentiscus. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Putty, Pistacia lentiscus
FLO4995379 Putty, Pistacia lentiscus

Cedar, a tree harmful to snakes (miniature)
CUL4850556 Cedar, a tree harmful to snakes (miniature) by Unknown Artist, (14th century); (add.info.: Cedar, a tree harmful to snakes - IBN BUTLAN, Abu-l Hasan al-Mujtar (c. 1001 - 1066)

Turpentine orcharding in France
FLO4720867 Turpentine orcharding in France. Worker on a ladder tapping the sap of a turpentine tree

Thirsty
Fahmi Bhs

Turpentine trees in northern Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine trees in northern Florida

Turpentine trees, Northern Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine trees. Northern Florida

Turpentine "chipper" and slashed tree near Homerville, Georgia

Turpentine worker, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker. Georgia

Hauling turpentine gum from the woods to the still near Homerville, Georgia

Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia

Turpentine still, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine still. Georgia

Turpentine still, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine still. Georgia

Wagon hauling turpentine out of the woods, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wagon hauling turpentine out of the woods. Georgia

Turpentine worker, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker. Georgia

Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia

Woman's head (cast resin)
3042629 Woman's head (cast resin) by Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920); height: 32.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Copaiba tree, Copaifera officinalis, Copahu
5324531 Copaiba tree, Copaifera officinalis, Copahu by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Copaiba tree, Copaifera officinalis, Copahu)

India rubber tree, elastic resin tree, Siphonia elastica
5856742 India rubber tree, elastic resin tree, Siphonia elastica by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Flowers and leaves of the India rubber tree, elastic resin tree, Hevea brasiliensis)

Branch and berries of the cedar tree, Juniperus lycia
5856613 Branch and berries of the cedar tree, Juniperus lycia by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Branch and berries of the cedar or Lycian juniper tree, Juniperus lycia. Olibanum resin tree)

Agarwood, Aqualaria malaccensis Critically endangered
6337912 Agarwood, Aqualaria malaccensis Critically endangered by Stanghi (19th century); (add.info.: Agarwood, Aqualaria malaccensis, Garo de Malacca. Critically endangered)

Adoration of the Christ Child, 1550 / 1600. Creator: Unknown
Adoration of the Christ Child, 1550/1600

Two-flowered agave, Dracaena boscii, Littaea geminiflora, Agave geminiflora, Yucca boscii, Littea di fiori a coppie

Source of balsam (b / w photo)
6008235 Source of balsam (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Source of balsam)

Turpentine orcharding in France. Worker on a ladder tapping the sap of a turpentine tree, Pistacia terebinthus

Mastic, Pistacia lentiscus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Dipterocarpus retusus. Vulnerable
Dipterocarpus retusus tree. Vulnerable. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller or C.F

Copaiba, Copaifera officinalis. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Varieties of minerals and resins including mercury, cinnabar, cobalt, sandarac

Copaiba tree, Copaifera officinalis, Copahu. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pierre after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Asafetida, gum resin from the Ferula assa-foetida. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Mastic or lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1818

American sweetgum and mastic tree
American sweetgum tree, Liquidambar styraciflua 1, and mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus 2

Sumbul, Ferula moschata
Sumbul, sumbal or muskroot, Ferula moschata (Ferula sumbul)

Ammoniacum, Dorema ammoniacum
Ammoniacum, gum ammoniac, ooshak, kandal or bal-kurai, Dorema ammoniacum

Galbanum, Ferula gummosa
Galbanum or kassnih, Ferula gummosa (Ferula gambanifolia)

Oriental sweetgum, Liquidambar orientalis
Oriental sweetgum or Turkish sweetgum, Liquidambar orientalis

Resin spurge, Euphorbia resinifera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr

Vase in the Shape of Mother Monkey with Her Young, c. 2255-46 B. C. (travertine and paint)
3740395 Vase in the Shape of Mother Monkey with Her Young, c.2255-46 B.C

Ivory, gums, resin and wax (colour litho)
3648671 Ivory, gums, resin and wax (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ivory, gums, resin and wax)

Necklace with lunar pectoral, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, New Kingdom (electrum
XBP391004 Necklace with lunar pectoral, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, New Kingdom (electrum, feldspar)

Burmese making laka work, 1887 (b / w photo)
NAM310675 Burmese making laka work, 1887 (b/w photo) by British Photographer, (19th century); National Army Museum

Oilmen, trade card (engraving)
983963 Oilmen, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oilmen, trade card. Date, circa 1785.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Ivory, gums, resin and wax etc (colour litho)
3648692 Ivory, gums, resin and wax etc (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ivory, gums, resin and wax etc)

La Resine, Resiniers et resinieres a l ouvrage (engraving)
2795295 La Resine, Resiniers et resinieres a l ouvrage (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Resine, Resiniers et resinieres a l ouvrage)

Department of Landes in southern France (chromolitho)
724698 Department of Landes in southern France (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Department of Landes in southern France)

Wrestlers, 1914; 1965 (herculite resin)
1197239 Wrestlers, 1914; 1965 (herculite resin) by Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri (1891-1915); 72.4x92.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Priming Flask, Indian, second half of the 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Priming Flask, Indian, second half of the 17th century

Priming Flask, Indian, probably Deccan, mid-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Priming Flask, Indian, probably Deccan, mid-17th century

Frankincense or olibanum resin for incense at Petra
Jordan, Petra, Frankincense olibanum resin incense for sale. Petra Archeological Park is a Jordanian National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Amber, frankincense and myrhh for sale at Petra
Jordan, Petra, Frankincense, myrrh, and amber for sale. Petra Archeological Park is a Jordanian National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Worm s-eye view of a eucalyptus - or gum tree which has produced resin, Ambergate Reserve, Busselton, Western Australia, Australia

Mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus var. chia). This plant is the source of mastic resin, a commonly used spice in the Mediterranean

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Resin, a versatile substance derived from various sources, has captivated human fascination for centuries. From the sticky sap of pine tree stems to the intricate patterns seen under a light micrograph, resin never fails to amaze. Whether it takes the form of a resin cast showcasing the intricacies of heart blood vessels or oozes out in abundance in a pine forest near Nazare, Portugal, its presence is undeniable. Resin's significance extends beyond its natural beauty; it holds cultural and spiritual importance too. In ancient Petra, myrrh resin was treasured for its aromatic properties and used in sacred incense rituals. A woman's head sculpted with cast resin serves as an artistic testament to this material's malleability and creative potential. Nature continues to provide us with remarkable sources of resin. The Copaiba tree stands tall as it exudes copious amounts of healing copahu resin while the India rubber tree offers elastic resin that revolutionized industries worldwide. The cedar tree boasts both visual appeal and practical uses; its branches adorned with berries showcase nature's artistry while providing valuable timber resources. Meanwhile, agarwood from Aquilaria malaccensis trees remains critically endangered yet highly sought after for its unique fragrance. Resin transcends boundaries by finding itself intertwined with historical artifacts like "Adoration of the Christ Child" painting from 1550-1600 or modern marvels such as the X-33 VentureStar Reusable Launch Vehicle model created in the 1990s. Intriguing and diverse, resin embodies nature's creativity alongside humanity's ingenuity. Its ability to capture our imagination through scientific exploration or artistic expression ensures that this captivating substance will continue leaving an indelible mark on our world for generations to come.