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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
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
Amber insects, any help would be appreciated! Hi all! I bought a batch of unidentified amber fossils from Myanmar a little while ago If someone could help me identify any of these, that would be immensely appreciated I don't need species names if none can be provided, a genus family etc will do I apologize if the photos aren't clear enoug
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
unknown amber fly, baltic coast, Stratiomyomorpha? I have a really big (approx 1 3 cm long) insect from the oligocene amber deposits of the "Ostsee" Found at the polish or koenigsberg coast many many years ago What do you think what it might be? My first (a minute) idea was, a bee But it is a fly for sure But, what kind of fly? Stratiomyoidae
Lots of Amber with inclusions - The Fossil Forum Just a couple questions if i may… where were these found? What tests did you do to confirm they were amber? I wasn’t aware of any amber deposits in pennsylvania… can we get better pictures? Something doesn’t look quite right to me but it could be the pictures…
How to preserve amber for as long as possible - General Fossil . . . Hello everyone, I have been getting very interested in collecting amber, mainly Baltic amber and am planning to expand the collection I already have, but I would like to know how I could protect preserve it as I feared that with time it will oxidize, craze or be damaged from other processes I ma
Microscope For Inclusions In Amber - Collecting Gear - The Fossil Forum Hi all, I'm wanting to buy a microscope, so I can look at my amber inclusions more closely I've been reading that a Stereo Microscope is the best to use Is there a minimum the microscope needs to go up to magnification wise? I was to get as close as possible without breaking the bank lol I'm ev