Tried the black light test and the very clear amber turns opaque cream like color I have a sealed but perhaps old/very old tube of liquid nails. Got a cool one for you guys
Amber Meanings, Properties and Uses - CrystalStones.com
A decent sized scorpion in amber from burma
Probably about 100 million years old
The most interesting part to me is the tail sort of curves. If it is petrified wood, and that will remain in doubt without very sharp closeups, then there is almost no chance that is amber because amber preserves under very different. This looks like a very nicely sized caddisfly in baltic amber, which are fairly common fossils from the region Some are far too skeptical of amber's authenticity, i've found.
This just arrived in the mail today and i thought i'd show you guys, especially since sumatran amber is a new dicovery This is a 10.1 gram semi rough piece of blue amber from. Usually, the amber is posted at 7 pm gmt, so just convert that time into whatever time zone you're from to know when best to check Also make sure that the website can ship to.
Amber and copal for those of you that like copal is soft
So too much pressure and speed can lead to heating, cracking, or deeper scratches that you will still have to remove… i. Fake ,,amber inclusions in auction site Real, not fossilized insects in amber like resin The burmese amber mines are know for their varied and higher quality amber pieces
If you put aside the ethical aspects of it It is excellent and high quality cretaceous. I've got this piece of baltic amber from my dad's collection which i polished one side of (i loved the look of the rough, natural surface of the back side) I've gotten it pretty decently.
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My wife has an old amber bracelet One piece cracked and broke in half where a hole had been drilled for a thread
