2024年10月7日 · If it is petrified wood, and that will remain in doubt without very sharp closeups, then there is almost no chance that is amber because amber preserves under very different conditions than those that create petrified wood. It is way more likely to be a …

2017年11月4日 · The amber pieces shown like stars in the pitch black mine and I happily scooped them up, regardless of their small size. It was the first amber I had found in my life…a childhood dream finally come true…a dream laughably originally implanted in me since watching “Jurassic Park” as a 4 year old.

2024年10月7日 · 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.

Oct 26 Fossildude19 changed the title to Insects in Amber? Randyw Posted October 26, 2024. Randyw.

2024年2月22日 · 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 in amber.

2024年6月1日 · Howdy all, Super excited about this piece of amber I just picked up! It's from the Bladen Formation of North Carolina and was found in the Neuse River. I consider myself lucky to have gotten it, as this location is very hard to get material from, at least from my experience. The reason I'm making...

2021年7月22日 · 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!

2025年1月3日 · Amber; fossils; identification; By Sunshine312 January 3 in Fossil ID. Share https://www.thefossilforum ...

2018年9月2日 · Copal vs amber Place a small drop of acetone on a polished face Let evaporate touch spot with a tissue If copal - sticky If amber - no stickiness Amber is impervious to acetone, more modern resin will soften.

2013年8月8日 · My initial reactions to that site are that it's focussed on jewellery rather than palaeontology, which is never a good sign (and polished amber is a lot easier to fake than natural pieces); the array of insects and other arthropods is remarkably (and suspiciously) diverse; the colouration of the insects and almost complete lack of obscuring deposits and inclusions is …