Displaying Amber

[jnicholes]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a habit of framing my best fossils. However, I found quite a bit that are so tiny,  I’m not exactly sure how to frame them.

 

First off, the fossils are Amber. I found a bunch of tiny pieces while I was cleaning my room in the bottom of a bin. I actually didn’t know I had them. I confirmed it was Amber today by doing multiple tests.

 

I’m trying to figure out how to frame these. Part of me wants to encase the amber in resin, then frame that. However, I’m not sure if this is advisable.

 

Can someone give me an opinion or advice on how I should I attempt to frame these?

 

Pictures are attached,

 

Jared

[SpeedThrash]

As someone who knows nothing about fossils, I would not encase anything in resin as getting it out will be a pain later on. Why not figure out a nice way to store it behind glass with a magnifying lens on one side.

[Troodon]

One option is to use these floating acrylic cases.  They cone all different sizes and you can view both sides

 

[jnicholes]

Thank you all. I actually just found a way to display the amber. I’ll post a picture later.

 

Jared

[PaleoNoel]

I've found a decent bit of amber at a particular microsite in the Hell Creek and thus far I've only kept them in gem jars. However, when I visited the Carter County Museum in Ekalaka, MT over the summer, I noted their amber display and thought it could be an interesting method to apply to my own specimens. 

While I realized now that I didn't get a closeup of the amber droplets on the left side of the case, they were incased in an epoxy of some kind which I believe was used to stabilize the specimens when they were polished. I may not have the means to do something like this now, but it's certainly something I keep in mind for future investigation.