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Bookmark or Share- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- VIDEO: "Glory Hole" Amber Deposit (Hanna Basin, Wyoming)*While amber is found throughout the Hanna Basin, only one site is known to yield large pieces of clear, stable amber: the locality known as "Glory Hole" is located within the north-central section of the Hanna Basin, in south-central Wyoming; exposures are positioned about 8,500 ft. above the base of the Hanna Fm., and at an elevation of ...
- 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 ...
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