Golden Manila Copal (from the Amaciga or Agathis alba / Agathis Philippenensis)

This resin is very beautiful and translucent gold color, you can see the"tears" in their natural form. It burns with lovely light woodsy scent. Easy to work with for incense makers. Solar in nature.
Manila Copal is a coniferous species of tree that attains great height (60 m) and significant diameter (3 m), the redwood of the Philippines. Almaciga is listed as potentially threatened because of logging and over -tapping. We do not wish this tree to meet the fate of the related Kauri pine of New Zealand which was exhausted by resin collectors and timber harvesters. Our resin has been sustainably collected by friends in the Philippines.
The resin is technically a dammar. The word copal has a complex dual meaning in relation to tree resins. The name Manila copal, is from an unknown source of the meaning of copal as a “resin characterized by extreme hardness and relatively high melting point” which is entrenched and widespread in industry and literature. Many damars of Southeast Asia are labeled copals.

This price is for 2 ounces.

John and Maria Yagar and the folks of the Rainforest Resin project 2009