Pliosaur Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Is New Jersey rare or fairly common since they are from the cretaceous period. Gabriel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ_Fossil_Collecta Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) i don't know about how common or rare it is, but i think it is definitely rarer than baltic and dominican amber, by far. as far as i know, no large-scale mining goes on in new jersey, rather it is 'mined' in small-scale from lignite layers (specific ones). not many places in the world produce cretaceous amber. the only other places that spring to mind are the cretaceous ambers from the wealden marls, in england, and the cretaceous amber from myanmar (burma), which has been extremely difficult to get ahold of for a while due to the political situation in burma. however a canadian company is now mining it under license so the supply is slowly opening back up. i think there is also a place somewhere in the arab region that produces cretaceous amber. Edited April 4, 2014 by NZ_Fossil_Collecta 1 I'm CRAZY about amber fossils and just as CRAZY in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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