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Post by ravsiden on Feb 16, 2012 19:03:17 GMT -5
The same piece of amber shown from 2 different views
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Post by ravsiden on Feb 16, 2012 18:56:51 GMT -5
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Post by ravsiden on Feb 16, 2012 18:46:33 GMT -5
And also a german location up north
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Post by ravsiden on Feb 16, 2012 18:45:16 GMT -5
Nantan iron MeteoriteLocation: Guangxi, China Time of fall: 1958 Type: Iron, IAB-MG Campo del Cielo Iron MeteoriteWeight: 51.8 gram Dimensions: 28x27x18mm Location: Campo del Cielo, Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina. Time of Fall: 4,000 to 6,000 years ago Sikhote-Alin MeteoriteTime of fall: February 12, 1949 Type: Iron, Coarsest, Octahedrite (IIAB) Location: Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia Total known weight: 23.000 kg
Campo del Cielo Iron Meteorite Location: Campo del Cielo, Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina. Time of Fall: 4,000 to 6,000 years ago Estimated age: minimum 4.5 billion years old
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Post by ravsiden on Feb 16, 2012 18:29:35 GMT -5
Here i will show you some amber in matrix from my collection. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Puntarenas, Costa Rica Qerqertarsuatsiaq, Disko Bay, Greenland Apx age 35 MYO Cascais, Portugal Apx age 90 MYO Harz, Germany Apx age 155 MYO Plaffeien, Zollhaus, Schweiz Apx age 55 MYO Studlov, Czech Republic
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 12, 2011 12:53:53 GMT -5
Happy happy B-day goes out from me as well. I´m new here, hope this will be ok ?
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 12, 2011 7:40:12 GMT -5
This piece of amber are from Sumatra, Indonesia Weight: 729 gram
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 12, 2011 5:17:21 GMT -5
This collection of amber were excavated in Hedeby, Jutland-Denmark. Hedeby were the one of the first city during the danish viking age. Hedeby amber is dated from year 800 - 1100
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 12, 2011 4:53:37 GMT -5
Campo del Cielo Iron MeteoriteLocation: Campo del Cielo, Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina. Time of Fall: 4,000 to 6,000 years ago Estimated age: minimum 4.5 billion years old NWA Stoney meteoriteUnclassified TekiteEst age: 700.000 years Location: Maoming, Guangdong Province, China
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 12, 2011 4:46:10 GMT -5
Mussel found in Denmark. The picture are showing the same fossil with 2 different close-ups, and light exposure
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 12, 2011 0:19:01 GMT -5
Hi there all off you. I would like very much to hear from any of you eighter living in Alaska, or planning to go there hunting for bones, rocks and stuff. As a amber collector i would like to get help to get some. I´ll provide details on were to go Hope to hear from you regarding this odd matter Rolf
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 12, 2011 0:10:19 GMT -5
Still have a few Urchins for trade PM me if interested in some
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 12, 2011 0:06:45 GMT -5
Blue Dominican amber is very expensive, and hard to get. All Dominican amber are excavated deep under the soil in pretty scary conditions. A place of work nobody sane people wanna do, however the people excavating amber in the Dominicans are only doing this to bring some kind of income, considering that both the Dominican Republic and Haiti are very pour countries
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 12, 2011 0:03:26 GMT -5
The inclusions are: Mite, beetle, mantis, wasp, spider, larva,mosquito
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Amber
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 11, 2011 7:24:54 GMT -5
What is Amber (or, technically, resinite) is fossilized tree resin (not sap), which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions History and etymology The English word amber derives from the Arabic 'anbar, via Medieval Latin ambar and Old French ambre. The word originally referred to a precious oil derived from the Sperm whale (now called ambergris). The sense was extended to fossil resin circa 1400, and this became the main sense as the use of ambergris waned.The two substances were confused because they both were found washed up on beaches. Ambergris is lighter than water and floats; whereas amber is lighter than stone, but not light enough to float. The word "ambar" was brought to Europe by the Crusaders. In French "ambre gris" was then distinguished from "ambre jaune": ambre gris was ambergris; ambre jaune was the fossil resin we now call amber. Amber is discussed by Theophrastus, possibly the first historical mention of the material, in the 4th century BC. The Greek name for amber was ηλεκτρον (electron) and was connected to the Sun God, one of whose titles was Elector or the Awakener. The modern terms "electricity" and "electron" derive from the Greek word for amber. The presence of insects in amber was noticed by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia and led him to the (correct) theory that at some point, amber had to be in a liquid state to cover the bodies of insects. Hence he gave it the expressive name of succinum or gum-stone, a name that is still in use today to describe succinic acid as well as succinite, a term given to a particular type of amber by James Dwight Dana (see below under Baltic Amber). Heating amber will soften it and eventually it will burn, which is why in Germanic languages the word for amber is a literal translation of burn-Stone (In German it is Bernstein, in Dutch it is barnsteen etc.). Heated above 200°C, amber suffers decomposition, yielding an "oil of amber", and leaving a black residue which is known as "amber colophony", or "amber pitch"; when dissolved in oil of turpentine or in linseed oil this forms "amber varnish" or "amber lac". Amber from the Baltic Sea has been extensively traded since antiquity and in the main land, from where amber was traded 2000 years ago, the natives called it glaes (referring to its see-through similarity to glass). The Baltic Lithuanian term for amber is Gintaras and Latvian Dzintars. They and the Slavic jantar are thought to originate from Phoenician jainitar (sea-resin). However, while most Slavic languages, such as Russian and Czech, retain the old Slavic word, in the Polish language, despite still being correct, jantar is used very rarely (even considered archaic) and was replaced by the word bursztyn deriving from the German analogue. Amber Appearance Amber occurs in a range of different colors. As well as the usual yellow-orange-brown that is associated with the color "amber", amber itself can range from a whitish color through a pale lemon yellow, to brown and almost black. Other more uncommon colors include red amber (sometimes known as "cherry amber"), green amber, and even blue amber, which is rare and highly sought after. Much of the most highly-prized amber is transparent, in contrast to the very common cloudy amber and opaque amber. Opaque amber contains numerous minute bubbles. This kind of amber is known as "bony amber". Although all Dominican amber is fluorescent, the rarest Dominican amber is blue amber. It turns blue in natural sunlight and any other partially or wholly ultraviolet light source. In long-wave UV light it has a very strong reflection, almost white. Only about 100 kg is found per year, which makes it valuable and expensive. Sometimes amber retains the form of drops and stalactites, just as it exuded from the ducts and receptacles of the injured trees. It is thought that, in addition to exuding onto the surface of the tree, amber resin also originally flowed into hollow cavities or cracks within trees, thereby leading to the development of large lumps of amber of irregular form. Geological record The oldest amber recovered dates to the Upper Carboniferous period (320 million years ago). Its chemical composition makes it difficult to match the amber to its producers - it is most similar to the resins produced by flowering plants, which did not evolve until the Jurassic, around 180 million years ago. Amber becomes abundant soon afterwards, in the Early Cretaceous, 150 million years ago, when it is found in association with insects. Commercially most important are the deposits of Baltic and Dominican amber. Baltic amber or succinite (historically documented as Prussian amber) is found as irregular nodules in marine glauconitic sand, known as blue earth, occurring in the Lower Oligocene strata of Samland in Prussia (Latin: Sambia), in historical sources also referred to as Glaesaria. After 1945 this territory around Königsberg was turned into Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, where it is now systematically mined. It appears, however, to have been partly derived from yet earlier Tertiary deposits (Eocene); and it occurs also as a derivative mineral in later formations, such as the drift. Relics of an abundant flora occur as inclusions trapped within the amber while the resin was yet fresh, suggesting relations with the flora of Eastern Asia and the southern part of North America. Heinrich Göppert named the common amber-yielding pine of the Baltic forests Pinites succiniter, but as the wood, according to some authorities, does not seem to differ from that of the existing genus it has been also called Pinus succinifera. It is improbable, however, that the production of amber was limited to a single species; and indeed a large number of conifers belonging to different genera are represented in the amber-flora.
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 11, 2011 5:56:58 GMT -5
Amber can be found around the world. Some at shores other were excavated. Here´s a map of amber locations i have in my collection. 1. Sheridan, Wyoming, USA 2. Grassy Lake, Alberta, Canada 3. Avalik, Alaska 4. Cedar Lake, Manitoba, Canada 5. Cape Fear River, North Carolina 5. Neuse River, North Carolina 6. Sayreville, New Jersey, USA 7. Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA 8. Claibourne, Arkansas. USA 9. La Bucara amber mine, Dominikanske Republic 9. La Toca amber mine, Dominikanske Republic 9. La Cumbre amber mine, Dominikanske Republic 9. Palo Alto, Dominikanske Republic 9. Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominikanske Republic 10. Chiapas, Mexico 11. Amazonas, Brasil 12. Qerqertarsuatsiaq, Disko Bugt, Greenland 13. Hasting, England 14. Oise, France 15. Carente, France 16. Alava, Spain 17. Bitterfeld, Germany 18. Hannover, Germany 19. Denmark 20. Vogelberg, Saltzburg, Austria 21. Gdansk, Poland 22. Litaunia 23. Belchatow coal mine, Lodz, Poland 24. Konin, Poland 25. Palmnicken, Kaliningrad, Russia 26. Ukraine 27. Colti, Burzau, Rumania 28. Tyrkey 29. Jordan 30. Jezzine, Libanon 30. Hammana, Libanon 31. Khantanga River, Taimyr, Sibiria, Russia 32. Cambay, India 33. Dolinsk, Sakhalin, Russia 34. Kuji, Japan 34. Kizu, Kobe, Japan 34. Ponbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan 34. Nagasaki, Choshi, Japan 35. Peking, China (Fuchun) 36. Nenan, China (Xixia) 37. Tanai amber mine, Burma (Myanmar) 38. Sabah, Borneo 38. Pinangah, Tongod, Sabah, Borneo 39. Sarawak, Borneo 39. Merit-Pila Coal Mine, Sarawak, Borneo 39. Kuala Matu beach, Daro, Mukah, Sarawak, Borneo 40. Tarakan Basin, Tarakan, Indonesia 41. Banjamasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia 41. Kalimantan, Indonesia 42. Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia 43. Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia 44. Jampang, Java, Indonesien 45. Sulawesi, Indonesia 46. Papua, Indonesia 47. Cape York, Queensland, Australia
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 11, 2011 5:42:53 GMT -5
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 11, 2011 5:38:14 GMT -5
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Post by ravsiden on Aug 11, 2011 5:34:14 GMT -5
Mexican amber are often called Chiapas amber due the location in Mexico. Here´s a few different types
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