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Polishing Amber - Fossil Preparation - The Fossil Forum 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
Amber fossils and authenticity - The Fossil Forum The Burmese amber mines are know for their varied and higher quality amber pieces If you put aside the ethical aspects of it it is excellent and high quality Cretaceous amber Chinese amber with inclusions is rare Burmese amber is much more abundant i own some Burmese amber and they are often higher quality pieces for their age
Real or fake Amber? - The Fossil Forum This looks like a very nicely sized caddisfly in Baltic amber, which are fairly common fossils from the region Some are far too skeptical of amber's authenticity, I've found No tests necessary here Unless it's a huge perfect scorpion or some crab or lizard encased in obvious plastic, there's usually no reason to doubt if it's real
Sayreville Clay Mine Amber - Member Collections - The Fossil Forum Quantities of Cretaceous era fossil amber have been found at the Sayreville site, some containing insect and plant inclusions The American Museum of Natural History in NYC has a collection of amber from this site Amber was and still is to a lesser extent found in lignite (carbonized wood) concentrations in a generally sterile compacted gray clay
Amber Storage Display - Questions Answers - The Fossil Forum Whenever placing amber the things to watch out for is light especially u v Light, humidity, and temperature fluctuations So does it get any direct sunlight? Light causes amber to darken over time… are there Any heater or a c Vents blowing on it? Mid 60s to 70 is best Does the humidity stay around 40%?
Heteroptera ID Baltic Amber Fossil - The Fossil Forum Hello, Maybe here is any Heteropteran specialists and could help me with this bug ID ? This is big bug (or nymph) 10mm+ from Eocene Baltic amber In 20 years of work with inclusions I haven't seen anything similar My first idea was that it is some Aradidae and I showed pictures to Prof Dr PhD which works with this family and he disagreed