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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?
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
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
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
Burmite amber - Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications - The . . . Amber floats in saltwater amber should feel very light, and shouldn’t be colder (or hotter) than room temperature If if you burn a piece of amber, it will smell like pine resin, (don’t try it on a good specimen) Some people even say that simply with the sun’s heat on a hot summer day will do the job
Is this amber? - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum Amber actually flouresces in different colors depending on where it’s from the most common is a milky blue green but there are other colors including red! as for experience I have handled and checked a couple thousand pieces in my life (a friend used to have a rock shop) and have over 300 pieces with inclusions in my personal collection
Sumatran Blue Amber - Member Collections - The Fossil Forum this just arrived in the mail today and i thought i'd show you guys, especially since sumatran amber is a new dicovery this is a 10 1 gram semi rough piece of Blue amber from sumatra, Indonesia, and is early miocene in age it has a small window polished into it but other than that, it is a roug