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Bookmark or Share- Amber-Bearing Petrified Wood - The Fossil Forumthe only wood was the lignite. i have never found any petrified wood with amber veins running through it. looking at your new pics though, id say it's more than likely that it's not amber but opal, or another mineral that filled in the crack in your pet wood. i might be wrong though. someone else will have a more difinitive answer for you by this time tomorrow im sure.
- Amber in petrified wood? - Fossil ID - The Fossil ForumIf 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 conditions than those that create petrified wood. It is way more likely to be a vein of some sort of silica mineral.
- Insects in Amber? - Fossil ID - The Fossil ForumOct 26 Fossildude19 changed the title to Insects in Amber? Randyw Posted October 26, 2024. Randyw.
- Real amber? Suspicious under black light? - The Fossil ForumHi, Purchased this Baltic Amber from Lithuania. Tried the black light test and the very clear amber turns opaque cream like color. Please see pics. Is this possibly fake? Thanks!
- Florida Beach Amber Fossil, Glass or Coral?Copal vs amber Place a small drop of acetone on a polished face Let evaporate touch spot with a tissue If copal - sticky If amber - no stickiness Amber is impervious to acetone, more modern resin will soften.
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