Amber Fluid Neutral Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Hi, and . 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. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Fluid Neutral Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 What type of insect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Fluid Neutral Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Here is another one that looks like a down feather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 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. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Fluid Neutral Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Well the pictures are from a supplier. I sure hope they are feathersYou don't happen to know which plants look like feathers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Acacia flowers are similar to down feathers. Nothing else comes to mind right off- but I am not a botanist. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Fluid Neutral Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Acacia flowers, got it. Will look into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 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, Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Fluid Neutral Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Ok. Is there a limit as to how many photos you can upload? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel.B Dino Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 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. There look to be a plant of some sort and some little bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 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). Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 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. That looks like a stellate hair from an oak tree (Quercus sp.) photo of Baltic Amber with stellate hairs and an insect. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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