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Is this genuine praying mantis amber? If anyone knows, please let me know. I appreciate everyone's comments! thank you!
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Hi, just looking for a little help identifying this beetle in Dominican amber. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
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Hello, I'm thinking of adding some Dominican amber and Mexican Chiapas amber to my collection, but as always authenticity is a concern especially when buying online so I wanted to get some feedback as best as I could. Here's what I'm looking at: 1. Mexican Chiapas Amber with leaf. Seller has provided image under UV/black light so likely real? Also shipping directly from Mexico and the seller has a bunch of other authentic-looking ones. 2. Dominican amber with Ponerine winged ant and flies, 1.4 cm wide. I asked for photos under UV light and seller didn't provide any but instead said this is not a reliable test so I'm a bit concerned. Specimen itself also looks almost too clear/clean, though I'm aware Dominican amber is generally much clearer than other ambers. What do people think? Thanks.
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Have amber fossils ever been compared to more conventional fossils?
gieserguy posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Hey all, I was just wondering if there has ever been a study comparing fossils of the organisms trapped in amber to similarly located/aged "conventional" rock fossils. It would certainly be interesting to see how the organisms compare between the two forms of preservation- one as a flattened impression and the other looking like it was just alive yesterday. -
They are similar to a tardigrade but may represent a different and new phylum of invertebrate. Found in Dominican Amber. https://m.phys.org/news/2019-10-mold-pigs-group-invertebrates-million.html
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Hello everyone! This one might be hard to identify with sub-par photos – even in person the microscope photos were unclear but you're all smarter than I am. It's about an inch long for scale. Story: I was looking through a clearly un-sorted bag of hundreds of small pieces of Dominican amber (my favorite SO COOL) and saw this tiny piece with what looked like a tiny lizard hand, even though it had three fingers instead of five (maybe they were separated in fossilization). There was no loupe available to check for skin patterns and bone fragments so I bit the bullet. It was cheap so I bought it so I could sleep soundly tonight. I'm thinking it's probably a botanical inclusion at best but wanted to see what you guys thought! Let's discuss. Thanks in advance everyone!
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