Although Berlin and Brandenburg are not even blessed with ...

Description: Although Berlin and Brandenburg are not even blessed with mineral deposits we have... amber! At some places masses of them but deep in the ground;-) Sometimes they raise up to daylight like this classic specimen (about 7 cm in width) from the gravel pit at the Pinnower Bernsteinsee (amber lake, sic!) near Velten, Brandenburg. The old pit is today a lake where you can waterski...