nala Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) I have found pieces of Albian Amber http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/56568-fossil-hunting-in-the-quarriessouth-west-france/ how to see through amber? I would like to see through the pieces that are too thick to allow light but avoiding breaking the parts,possible?Must i polish the pieces?,how to do that? Thanks Edited August 10, 2015 by nala
Auspex Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Yes, you will need to polish some "windows" in it to peek inside. "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!
Auspex Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 I would hold it in my fingers, and rub it on sandpaper lain flat on a table, and switch to finer grades as it proceeded. "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!
snolly50 Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) I have used wet "sandpaper," The last sanding done with the superfine grit used between coats of auto painting. For the final polish i have used a material especially formulated for that purpose* that is applied with a cloth wheel on a Dremel. Polishing amber goes pretty quickly as the material is so soft. *I'm sorry I can't recall the name. It was of European manufacture. It was a large tan bar of material with a clay-like consistency. You load the cloth wheel and polish away. Anyone recognize that? Edited August 10, 2015 by snolly50 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See
FLINTandBONE Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) sounds like rouge edit: something like this perhaps http://www.riogrande.com/Search/polish/Tools-and-Equipment/Polishing-and-Finishing/Polishing-Compounds Edited August 10, 2015 by FLINTandBONE
Auspex Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Jeweler's Rouge? "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!
nala Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 OK thanks a lot Auspex snolly50 and FLINTandBONE!:)I will try winter work ,perhaps there is a surprise?
FLINTandBONE Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 You are welcome. I look forward to seeing if you find any creatures in them. Even the air bubbles in fossil amber is cool to me. Whats not cool about fossil air?
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