Damar Batu (Gum Resin)

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Damar Batu is a yellowish – brown colored, stones- shaped hard resin, obtained from a particular variety of the dipterocarp species. The resin is obtained trough collection of the hardened resin exudates lying below the ground in fossilized form, close to the tree roots. The collected resin is the scraped using iron bristled brushes to remove mud and dirt residue and the sun dried.



Indonesia is by far the largest source of internationally traded Damar Batu. Here it is found mainly in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Some Damar Batu varieties are also obtained from Vietnam, Cambodia and laos.



The quality of commercially traded Damar Batu is determined mainly by the size of the resin pieces, their colour and the amount of Damar dust accompanying each lot. Larger sized pieces (above 3 inches) of yellow to brown colour 5% dust are considered to be of higher quality (super/Bombay quality). This quality may then be sub-classified as scraped or unscraped. Scraping of the Damar Batu basically means that additional cleaning is done to each piece to remove external dirt. Small sized pieces (about 1 inch) of yellow to brownish-black colour with up to 20% dust are normally found in the low quality range (Mixed/Calcutta quality)

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