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Feather in cretaceous burmite amber? Cenomanian, Kachin State clay pits.


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On the surface this looks like a feather but i don't know if there are any plants that look like this.  Here are the pics.  Piece extracted from the cenomanian clay pits. Dated by argon from volcanic crystals on strata to cenomanian age late cretaceous.

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Hi, and :Welcome-crab:.

I think this isn't a Feather, but a wing of insect, but let more knowleagables give their opinion.

That's a superb piece of amber you have here.:wub::wub:

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To be sure if they are feathers or not You will need to look at the microscopic features of the 2 pieces. Although they do look like feathers there are several plant parts that can look like feathers.

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Well the pictures are from a supplier. I sure hope they are feathers:fingerscrossed:You don't happen to know which plants look like feathers? 

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2 minutes ago, Amber Fluid Neutral said:

Acacia flowers, got it.  Will look into them.

Not saying that is what the piece You posted is, just that those flowers look like down, 

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Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

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6 minutes ago, Amber Fluid Neutral said:

Ok.  Is there a limit as to how many photos you can upload? 

 

8 hours ago, Amber Fluid Neutral said:

On the surface this looks like a feather but i don't know if there are any plants that look like this.  Here are the pics.  Piece extracted from the cenomanian clay pits. Dated by argon from volcanic crystals on strata to cenomanian age late cretaceous.

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There look to be  a plant of some sort and some little bugs 

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28 minutes ago, Amber Fluid Neutral said:

Ok.  Is there a limit as to how many photos you can upload? 

Only the size per post. You can add more in a reply. Sometimes it is needed to refresh the page (if You get over limit flag).

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Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

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I disagree, they look like plants. 

 

On 11/18/2018 at 11:59 AM, Amber Fluid Neutral said:

Here is another one that looks like a down feather.

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That looks like a stellate hair from an oak tree (Quercus sp.) 

 

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