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From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This weighs in at 635 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This weighs in at 635 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This weighs in at 635 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This weighs in at 635 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
I found this in schuyler county, Missouri about 3 or 4 miles from lancaster a few weeks ago. My grandson would like to take it to school but I felt we needed a bit more information. I am not even positive it IS petrified wood and amber. Whatever it is, I think it's extra pretty!
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I've collected bucket loads of petrified wood from my family's land in central Texas, but have never found a piece with amber on it. I'm not incredibly keen on sticking a hot needle on it since this is the only specimen I've ever found like this. It doesn't seem to be agate. I can't find many publications on it. Can anyone tell me if this is actually a bit of amber on here or where I can read more about it?
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I bought this Amber, but not sure if it is real
Evancarstedt posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
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From the album: Beetle
A small beetle exquisitely preserved in 99 million year old Burmese amber. -
Amber fossils and authenticity
VlkCherokee posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
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 deposits, but I've recently came across these amber fossils and I was blown away by the level of detail that has been preserved in these. I am actually an ornithologist engaging mostly in educational/popularization field, doing all sorts of events for schools and pre-schoolers and I was thinking that having a specimen of preserved feather would be outstanding thing to share, because it's just marvelous how the feather structure is similar to the ones we know and yet it is milions of years old. So going back to my original question, I would like to get hold of a piece like that, but I really want to make sure that the piece is the real thing. Is there any proven way to tell? I've read in the rules that I shouldn't name anyone or post any links, so I won't do that. Thank you very much for any piece of advice! -
I found these worm like things in a piece of Indonesian amber. The thicker of the two is about 2 mm across & the thin one is just over 3 mm across (coiled length). These are the best pics I could get unfortunately. Both are barely viewable from the other side due to the dark patch. Pics are @ 75x The first 2 are with just the Dino Lite LEDs, the 3rd is that with an additional light source from below. I don't figure I'll get a positive ID, or even anything close, but I brought em to you anyway. The 3rd pic shows the thin one much better in my opinion. Thanks for taking a look.
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Hi all Im looking for advice for resources for identifying Insect and plant inclusions in burmite, or similar aged amber. I am open to purchasing or using online resources. They originated in Hkamti and Tanai , Kachin, Burma.. Ive got about 25 pieces that Id love to work on, and my google-fu Has been been failing to turn up much, although I have some plans to do some more generic insect family studies. Ive got a usb microscope for taking close ups, and will eventually learn how to stack images for better quality. In case anyone's worrying the pieces passed the Electrostatic and saltwater tests. Please enjoy this picture of a neat little gastropod I found in one of the pieces Thank you all for your time.
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Hi everyone, A few months back I purchased a spider inclusion inside of burmite amber from between 90-105 million years old which is merely a few mm in size and thought it looked very similar to the C.Yingi spider discovered in early 2018, which is discovered in burmite amber from about 100 million years ago and is only 2.5-3mm in length. Now it is hard for me to get good photos of the spider itself because of its size but I have attached some that I do have to see what your opinions are. Many Thanks, Danny
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This past month I was at Latvia and Lithuania for ten nights, investigating their amber industries. Among other specimens, I bought this large polished nodule of transparent Baltic amber, that was reputed to have a "tiny spider" inclusion. I found and photographed a very small arthropod—but since I cannot count body parts and legs, I cannot say it's a spider. The purchase took place in Riga, Latvia; though I was informed that a great deal of available amber comes from Kaliningrad in the former-USSR. Jamey D. Allen - Bead Historian
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Hello everyone! new to the forum but have been collecting for over a decade. this is a peculiar find assuming i think it is what it is. feels very much like plastic too. but has the texture of amber.
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Bird may have used long toe to pick out insects. https://m.phys.org/news/2019-07-bird-unusually-toes-fossilized-amber.html
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I inherited a friend's mineral collection. Lot's of interesting specimens of turquoise, petrified wood, crystals, etc. He lived in New Mexico and I know some of the pieces are from U.S. southwest area. That's about all I know. This one's a mystery, and he really didn't have any idea either where it came from. Has a strangely organic look to it though. Any insight or thoughts will be appreciated. Thanks!
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Baltic amber and spinosaurus tooth.
anastasis008 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
So I recently got this Baltic amber and I found out that there is a test that includes water and salt and if the amber sinks then it's fake but if it floats, it's real and mine sank but I'm not sure could you please examine it yourself? And also the spino tooth if you can. Thanks
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This is the same rock, that I found what looks to be a fossilized insect.
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I was thinking about buying this amber from this website online and I've heard about fake insects amber and i was wondering if this was one of the or not. The specimen is meant to be 5 million years old (Pliocene) measures 30 by 23 mm with unidentified insects and was found in Colombia
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