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- Real amber? Suspicious under black light? - The Fossil Forum
Hi, Purchased this Baltic Amber from Lithuania Tried the black light test and the very clear amber turns opaque cream like color Please see pics Is this possibly fake? Thanks!
- Amber in petrified wood? - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum
Allegedly only seven pieces have been found, but I found a piece of petrified wood that had amber running down the top of it; and around it are scattered drops of it I know it’s amber, but how rare is this?
- Polishing Amber - Fossil Preparation - The Fossil Forum
You almost want a feather touch when doing this Amber and copal for those of you that like copal is soft So too much pressure and speed can lead to heating, cracking, or deeper scratches that you will still have to remove… I prefer hand sanding for all but the final SOFT cotton polishing It takes longer but it gives better control
- Scorpion in amber - Member Collections - The Fossil Forum
Got a cool one for you guys: a decent sized scorpion in amber from Burma Probably about 100 million years old The most interesting part to me is the tail sort of curves down 90 degrees perpendicular to the body (you can see it in the last pic side view) and that kind of 3D preservation is rare
- Real or fake Amber? - The Fossil Forum
Amber isn't nearly as rare as some may think and many real specimens with insects are found and sold across the world (More than 1% are genuine) More than 1% are genuine? Are more than 98% inauthentic? This is a sincere question I would have assumed “1%” was a typo, but my knowledge of amber is too limited to make assumptions
- Melting Amber - Questions Answers - The Fossil Forum
Given enough pressure you can even force small amber granules to bond together at temperatures below the softening point There is a modification of the above, whereby single but irregular pieces of heat-softened natural amber are simply squashed into moulds to forcefully make them a more useful shape
- Amber or Semi fossilized tree resin or Petrified wood??
Longwave should do the trick Most amber fluoresces with UV, glowing a blueish to green color Also, amber will float in a heavy salt water Your piece looks quite a bit like Indonesian amber with the color fracturing I would agree! I have 1kg Indonesian amber in my collection because I wanted to see how they are compared to those from other
- Amber fossils and authenticity - The Fossil Forum
Hi there! I wanted to ask you for your opinion on this amber fossil Does it seems genuine to you? Would you have any recommendations what to look out for? And how common the fake amber fossils actually are? I am quite new to this, I was an enthusiastic fossil hunter, usually searching in slate d
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