Amber

polished amber specimen with embedded insect - size 18 mm -

© Dott. Geol. Marco Barsanti - geoman1@tin.it

A wood gnat pupa (?), length 6 mm, in amber. Collection and photo Roberto Bosi.

© Roberto Bosi

A transparent mass which shows considerable surface "crazing". The dark area towards the lower left is an insect inclusion. 3.6 cm

© Cindy Hasler

Rectangular specimen of dark, transparent amber with a large spider trapped inside. Overall size of mineral specimen: 14x10x10 mm. Size of individual crystals: -.

© 2002 John H. Betts

Oval cabochon of natural amber with insect included within. The cabachon has been polished to show the interior clearly. Some crazing of the amber due to age. Overall size of mineral specimen: 18x14x5 mm. Size of individual crystals: -.

© 2002 John H. Betts

(25mm X 11mm X 6mm Rectangular polished Sarawak amber) Translucent-opaque Sarawak amber. Sarawak amber is the variety of Borneo amber. This amber found at Merit-Pila Coal Mine, Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia. Dated in 15-17 Ma (or millions years old). There are several types of Sarawak amber including Hard-tough, Brittle and Lignite-amber matrix. They ...

190 million years old. Found in lignite layer of the clay pit. Largest piece is 1.4x.9cm. Self collected 2007.

© JBeckert

Amber with embedded insect. Rui Nunes' specimen and photo.

© Rui Nunes 2006

Sample with 4x2,5x2cm - July of 1989

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Sample with 3x2x1cm - May of 1985

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Overall size: 54 x 35 x 17 mm Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli

© Antonio Borrelli

Amber in limestone, this specimen it is exhibited in the paleontological museum of Elche (M.U.P.E.), size 9 x 6 cm

© M.U.P.E

Amber on sub-bituminous coal. Width of specimen approximately 15 cm.

© Stephen E. Fritz

Amber Poland 18x8mm

© Pécsi Tivadar

Amber specimen of ca. 45 mm with insect (fly and ants) & fluidum. Photo and collection Martin Patus

© Martin Patus

Overall size: 17 x 8 x 8 mm Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli

© Antonio Borrelli

Amber 52x30mm

© Pécsi Tivadar

Amber, fossil resin. Specimen size 6x2,5cm. Photo and collection Jorge M. Alves

© Jorge Moreira Alves

Oval cabochon amber (for scale) dimensions = 18.7mm x 10.7mm x 4.7mm Raw and polished Arkansas amber from Acme Hot Springs Clay pits, Malvern, Arkansas, USA. Found in the Claiborne Formation (Eocene).

Amber in limestone, size 6 x 4 cm. Specimen José Ramón Pastor

© Jose Ramón Pastor

At my Ottoman Amber mine

© Must be ask me

Name: Amber (yellow) Measurements: 3 x 2 cm Collected: Other - in the collection of Crater Rock Museum, Central Point, Oregon Photographer: Phyllis Richardson Info: Polished amber containing trapped earwig

© Crater Rock Museum

Polished side of 26x25x16 mm specimen of Amber (var. succinite) with weight 4.04 g. Succession of 7 small gas bubbles included into amber is well visible in lower part of the specimen. Other 6 bubbles are visible in upper part of it. This is the sample of atmospheric air of 30-40 megayears age. Beach collected by Vladimir Mokhov in 60th. Pavel M. ...

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

Beach collected amber from Kennemerstrand near IJmuiden. Size 20x15 mm. Gerard van der Veldt collection and photo.

Fov 40 mm. Rui Nunes specimen and photo, March 2011.

© Rui Nunes 2011

Sample with 5x3,5x3cm - September of 1988

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Moscquito of 7 mm in amber. Photo & Collection Chinellato Matteo

© Chinellato Matteo

(13mm X 12.5mm X 7mm polished amber cabochon) Rare Hastings amber. The Hastings amber formed during Early Cretaceous period (Berriasian-140Ma). Hastings amber discovered in the Hastings Beds strata by Jamie Hiscocks.

A coleopter, size 1.5 mm (Dytiscidae?) Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

© Roberto Bosi

Blue amber from the La Cumbre mine. The blue colour is a result of fluorescence in sunlight. the fluorescence is due to the presence of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon known as Perylene It is strongly fluorescent under LW ultra violet light, which is shown in the additional photo It is formed from the resin of the Hymenea Protera tree unlike ...

© J.J. Evans

Spider of 4 mm in amber. Photo & Collection Chinellato Matteo

© Chinellato Matteo

Extremely brittle Cretaceous amber from Hell Creek Formation (65-67Ma). Small and jelly beans shaped or spheroid (8.5mm).

Amber with embedded insect. Rui Nunes' specimen and photo.

© Rui Nunes 2006

A 2.5cm piece of deep red Amber from New Jersey. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences #7795 (note that the accession # is stamped on the label, somewhat odd), obtained from the Wistar collection. Isaac Jones Wistar (1827-1905) was a wealthy individual from Philadelphia who served in the Civil War and became wealthy through early ...

© C. Stefano '09

Name: Amber (yellow) Measurements: 6.5 x 3.5 cm Collected: Other - in the collection of Crater Rock Museum, Central Point, Oregon Photographer: Phyllis Richardson Info: Polished specimen of amber w/ plenty of insects

© Crater Rock Museum

Amber with embedded insect. Rui Nunes' specimen and photo.

© Rui Nunes 2006

Name: Amber (yellow) Measurements: 2 x 2 cm Collected: Other - in the collection of Crater Rock Museum, Central Point, Oregon Photographer: Phyllis Richardson Info: Necklace w/ polished amber containing a trapped ant

© Crater Rock Museum

Bright blue fluorescent amber, seen here under long wave UV (365 nm). This specimen is from a relatively new find in the coal deposits of the Bukit Barisan (Barisan Mountain Range) on the western side of Sumatra, and is known as "black amber" due to its very dark color.

© Christopher Clemens

Amber 8.5 cm. x-Philadelphia Academy. x-Washington Augustus Roebling coll. Robelings label states "near Roebling N.J.", Vincetown is closest locality although could be from similar deposit in this area. Roebling was chief engineer on the Brooklyn Bridge construction.

© BDP

Beautiful amber with lots of insects. Specimen size is 7 x 4 cm. Photo and collection Eva Horníková.

© Eva Horníková

52mm long and 12g in weight. (the specimens looks over scale because of its thickness) Found: Acme Clay pits, Hot Springs Co., Malvern, Arkansas, USA Geological deposit: lignitic clay (Claiborne Formation) Age: 40 - 50 million years old ( Lutetian/Eocene)

Fov 90 mm. Rui Nunes specimen and photo 2010.

© Rui Nunes 2010

Baltic ambers have originated from Tertiary age blue clay ("blue earth") deposits under Baltic sea. At Sambian peninsula (Kaliningrad, Russia) ambers are mined directly from this „blue earth” deposits. In Latvia they can be found both at beach (especially between Liepāja city and Lithuania border) and re-deposited in newer sediments (at ...

© Edgars Endzelins 2012

Daniel Jimenez de Cisneros collection. Size 7 cm.

Blue Amber, size 2x1,8x0,6cm., photo and collection J.C.Mañuz Sanz.

© akhenaton

FOV 6 mm Photo : Frédéric Hède

Fov 50 mm. Rui Nunes specimen and photo, June 2011.

© Rui Nunes 2011

Amber with 1.5cm Collection and photo Alexandre Pedroso 2010

© Alexandre Pedroso 2013

Two pins and a pendant of polished Latvian amber (dzintars). The amber is quite transparent and the pins can be seen right through it. But internal reflections obscure that in this simple flash shot (f22). The center pin is 4.3 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm. MOB coll.

On exhibit in the Museum "Haus der Natur", Salzburg, Austria. Size of the Amber ca. 3 cm.

© hamster@aon.at

Amber, 30 x 20 x 18 mm., Malvern Clay Pits, Arkansas. Ex - Clyde Hardin Collection. K. Nash specimen & image.

Fov: 2,5 cm peter neschen collection (g-05617)

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A rounded transparent gemmy piece of lustrous amber measuring 3.5 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm in size. Ex Wolfgang E. Henkel collection.

© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

Amber from the sea cost of Cascais. Rui Nunes' specimen and photo 2010.

© Rui Nunes 2010

Fov 50 mm. Rui Nunes specimen and photo, June 2011.

© Rui Nunes 2011

Dimensions: largest piece (right) 1" wide. Specimens of New Jersey amber from the clay pits in Sayreville.

Isolated amber nodule. The detachment of a small scrap has revealed a calcite pebble that was embedded by the resin many millions of years ago. Self collected in 1980. Collection and photo: Roberto Bosi

© Roberto Bosi

An inclusion with a perfect eye in a 10 cm-piece of Amber (see the complete piece on photo 536944)

© Kuno Stoeckli

Dimensions: .75" across Small piece of amber from the Kaliningradskaya Oblast.

A rare centipede, lenght 10 mm Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

© Roberto Bosi

3.07 mm fungus gnat insect into amber. Collection & Photo Matteo Chinellato

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Translucent Amber: resin plant fossil (Hymenaea Protera). 20 Million years old. Specimen size: 1.9 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm. Mina La Toca, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago province, Dominican Republic. Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry´s collection.

3 mm Fungus Gnat insect into amber. Collection & Photo Matteo Chinellato

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2.26 mm mosquito into amber. Collection & Photo Matteo Chinellato

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Not a whole spider but only its exuvia. FOV 7 x 7 mm Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

© Roberto Bosi

3.02 mm spider into amber. Collection & Photo Matteo Chinellato

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7.03 mm cicada into amber. Collection & Photo Matteo Chinellato

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Fov: 6 mm peter neschen collection (51-124_012)

© neschen

Particles of Amber collected by my wife on river banks in July of 2012. FOV is 4x3 cm. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and scan.

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

5.08 mm wasp into amber. Collection & Photo Matteo Chinellato

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A 14.7 x 8.6 x 3.0 cm matrix with patches of amber measuring to 1.6 cm in size. Neat cabinet sized matrix example for amber! Ex Wolfgang E. Henkel collection.

© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

Two polished specimens of Amber. The largest is 7x5cm. Specimens in this size are rare. From the North sea.

Amber in situ fov ~ 35 mm. Rui Nunes photo September 2011.

© Rui Nunes 2011

Liodes sp., a moss mite (Oribatidae) FOV 1.5 x 1.5 mm Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

© Roberto Bosi

3.38 mm spider into amber. Collection & Photo Matteo Chinellato

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