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Bookmark or Share- Melting Amber - Questions & Answers - The Fossil ForumGranulated amber (mechanically crushed) is heated to temperatures between 150 -200 degrees Celcius and pressed between 200 – 300 kg/cm2 without the benefit of vacuum. That method yields a dark red colour, with low clarity and an obvious “crazed” appearance of a non-uniform nature. The colour and clarity can be improved somewhat by moving ...
- Cretaceous Amber In Tennessee: An Open Report.This quote "Among the important early fossil discoveries in Tennessee was a possible candidate for the first known occurrence of amber discovered in the 1800s near Savannah, TN", also " Tennessee: the first known insect discovered in North American amber was here in 1917, identified as a caddis fly."
- UV flashlight recommendations (amber searching) - Collecting Gear - The ...In the fluorescent mineral UV wave classification, 254nm is short wave, 312nm is mid range and 365nm is long wave UV. (395nm is good for lighting up fluorescent posters, but not so useful for fluorescent mineral display.) The only flashlight options for mineral collecting that I am aware of are the 365nm wave length versions.
- Sayreville Clay Mine Amber - Member Collections - The Fossil ForumSayreville Clay Mine Amber. A piece of fossil amber embedded in a pyrite nodule found at Sayre and Fisher clay mine Sayreville, NJ. Quantities of Cretaceous era fossil amber have been found at the Sayreville site, some containing insect and plant inclusions. The American Museum of Natural History in NYC has a collection of amber from this site.
- Amber fossils and authenticity - The Fossil ForumMix 1/4 cup salt into 2 cups warm water. stir until salt completely dissolved. gently set your Amber into it. Amber will float. Most of your fakes will sink. There are actually 7 tests you can do to see if amber is real but this is the easiest and least destructive test for the beginner or average collector to do. 1.
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