NZ_Fossil_Collecta Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 today i found a virgin copal site, A.K.A i found another creek in the forest. this creek in particular was more ideal than others i had hunted in before because is had eroded more steeply. what i mean is that the creek bank was quite sheer in some places, which is perfect for finding kauri copal because your digging is done for you. this particular piece was spotted while i was getting into the creek to look for kauri copal, i saw it and gave it a slight kick with my gumboot (wellingtons for the non kiwis out there) and saw the copal underneath. after a good heave and tug to get it out of the mud it came free and i was astonished to see, after i had cleaned it off in the creek, that it had a piece of kauri bark attached to it, and on closer inspection, it also has a knot-like bark injury preserved too. i am going to be polishing off the copal in the weeks to come and when i am finally done with the sanding and polishing, i will post pictures too. <---- bark injury, this is on the inside of the bark. <---- outside of bark that is covered in the resin that seeped out of it thousands of years ago. I'm CRAZY about amber fossils and just as CRAZY in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 That stuffs pretty darned cool. "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Nice find! I like how the bark is still attached! Can you tell what kind of tree it was? ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 ...Can you tell what kind of tree it was? The presumption is that the bark is Kauri (the resin's source), but that is a real good question! It is possible for it to be something else. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ_Fossil_Collecta Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 The presumption is that the bark is Kauri (the resin's source), but that is a real good question! It is possible for it to be something else. I can even see the little indentations from the little bobbles on the trunk, something I have seen on modern kauris. I'm CRAZY about amber fossils and just as CRAZY in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I can even see the little indentations from the little bobbles on the trunk, something I have seen on modern kauris. Good job; I admit to being guilty of taking it for granted, so I feel better now "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ_Fossil_Collecta Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Good job; I admit to being guilty of taking it for granted, so I feel better now here are some pictures to go with that theory. one is the picture of the little bobbles in the copal, the other is of the bobbles in a modern kauri trunk. <copal indentations <living kauri Edited March 24, 2014 by NZ_Fossil_Collecta 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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