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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?
Question about amber - Questions Answers - The Fossil Forum True Amber often also has a debris in it too, and can have internal fractures The big pieces with scorpions, beetles or butterflies that are relatively cheap , are extant (modern) in resin
Fine Polishing Amber - Questions Answers - The Fossil Forum Howdy all, I've got this piece of baltic amber from my Dad's collection which I polished one side of (I loved the look of the rough, natural surface of the back side) I've gotten it pretty decently polished using strips of cardboard, fine grit sandpaper, and coarse paper towels, but was wonderin
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
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
PICS FIXED!: Journey to the Amber Mines of Chiapas, Mexico After the amber is mined, it is washed, windows are polished to see if insects are inside and to check the quality of the amber Pieces with insects are polished and sold as-is Tiny pieces are used as chip beads, small pieces for other types of beads, medium sized pieces for small carvings and pendants, and large pieces primarily for carvings
What Are These Insects In These Baltic Amber? - The Fossil Forum The amber from the Dominican Republic is about 25 million years old (Oligocene epoch), and came from a tropical rainforest environment (hence the biodiversity found in Dominican amber is greater than that found in Baltic Amber) Dominican amber is also known for the clarity of it's inclusions
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
What Adhesive To Use For Amber? - The Fossil Forum My wife has an old amber bracelet ONe piece cracked and broke in half where a hole had been drilled for a thread I have a sealed but perhaps old very old tube of Liquid Nails and a tube of Zap A-dap_a Goo II, perhaps a 1-2 year old which was used once Can these adhesive be used to bond amber?
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