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31-05-2009, 02:52 PM
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| |  Sales of insects in amber - Your Views!
Hi WAB'ers!
I've recently come across an advert for a website that sells blocks of Baltic amber, each of which claim to contain an insect that's about 35-40 million years old.
What are your general thoughts about this sort of thing? Discuss 
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31-05-2009, 03:05 PM
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i don't see why not to be honest |
31-05-2009, 03:12 PM
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No I love it, the best pieces, the ones that are most likely to teach something to science tend to end up with the scientists where they should be anyway. But the rest are just fascinating and quite beautiful. I have a piece with lots of tiny flies in it and I love it though I still can't quite get my head around how old it is and when those insects were last in flight...... |
31-05-2009, 03:19 PM
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Like Gill, I absolutely love this sort of thing, but the genuine article is way over my price bracket at the moment.
Beware of imitations!
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31-05-2009, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  Hi WAB'ers!
I've recently come across an advert for a website that sells blocks of Baltic amber, each of which claim to contain an insect that's about 35-40 million years old.
What are your general thoughts about this sort of thing? Discuss
Take care,
Jason | No problem with it as its too late to save them now LoL
They are very interesting and i remember when i was at infant school a teacher brought some into class and it was probably this that got me interested in nature etc.
We find lots of fossils nr our home and some amazing finds over the years, great for getting kids interested and hopefully they will grow up respecting our wildlife etc.
Cheers
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31-05-2009, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Hedge Witch Like Gill, I absolutely love this sort of thing, but the genuine article is way over my price bracket at the moment.
Beware of imitations! | no its probably not you know, I picked up a piece with a money spider in for about £20 but I lost it........
I don't think it was fake, it was certainly resinous so not plastic at least! |
31-05-2009, 03:25 PM
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I think I'm thinking of jewelry, I'm cursed with expensive taste 
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31-05-2009, 03:27 PM
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Most of these perfectly preserved amber fossils seem to be modern day insects set in resin. A perfectly preserved insect is worth alot more that £20 Ive seen them advertised for. So of them are so fake like the pair of scorpions lol. |
31-05-2009, 03:31 PM
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These must be real, looking at the price tag: The Ambershop Amber Insect Jewellery
The settings are nothing special either.
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31-05-2009, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo Most of these perfectly preserved amber fossils seem to be modern day insects set in resin. A perfectly preserved insect is worth alot more that £20 Ive seen them advertised for. So of them are so fake like the pair of scorpions lol. | could be, I'm no expert but I read a bit about fakes Vs real amber at it seemed to match up ok as real amber. | | | |
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