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...
Most Amber is very sensitive to light, heat and shocks and also chemical. A few most durable amber that's lasting longer are Baltic amber, Ukrainian amber and Burmite. I have a few North American Amber (NJ/AK/NC/Montana), Burmite, Baltic, Ukrainian, Bitterfeld, Brandenburg, Sarawak, Sabah, Dominican, Chiapas, Tarakan, Hastings, Golling etc.
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
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….
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..
Beware! Fake ,,Amber" inclusions in auction site. Real, not fossilized insects in Amber like resin. Total fake
Beware! Fake Amber inclusions! - Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil ...
Hi everyone! I am looking for advice on a UV-flashlight. Next month I am going on a field trip to Poland with my fossil club. The first few days of the trip are in Gdansk where we will go and look at the cutting and preparation process of raw baltic amber, but we will also have the possibility to...
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 ...
Is petrified sap amber-colored, or can it be white? - Questions ...
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 ...