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Post by stephan on Aug 26, 2016 12:07:42 GMT -5
I just harvested a cool-looking piece of hardened sap from a tree: www.flickr.com/photos/36618387@N06/28192886763/in/datetaken/I'd like to make some amber from it. Is it sufficient to just age it for 5,000,000 years? Or do I need to bury it , too? If so, how deep? I'm a little concerned that after 5,000,000 years, it might be hard to find again.  |
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Post by adam on Aug 26, 2016 12:25:00 GMT -5
I don't see how it could be rock hard if it's just sap.
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Post by captbob on Aug 26, 2016 12:44:37 GMT -5
Just make sure to insert an intact insect in it before burying. That should substantially increase it's value when you dig it back up in 5 million years.
oooh.. or maybe some human DNA so that the finder can clone a long extinct human.
I might recommend the DNA of a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model such as Kate Upton or the likes.
just sayin'
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 26, 2016 13:15:54 GMT -5
I don't see how it could be rock hard if it's just sap. Talc is a rock, dried sap is harder. Amber is not sap. Amber is tree resin that has been radically polymerized, not a stone in the true sense since it's not at all mineralized. The bugs in amber are actual dead bugs, not fossils. |
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Post by stephan on Aug 26, 2016 17:14:33 GMT -5
Just make sure to insert an intact insect in it before burying. That should substantially increase it's value when you dig it back up in 5 million years. oooh.. or maybe some human DNA so that the finder can clone a long extinct human. I might recommend the DNA of a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model such as Kate Upton or the likes. just sayin' A dragonfly would be cool, but it won't fit, so I'm open to suggestions. For the human DNA, there is something to be said for pretty, but we want some that is adapted to surviving highly toxic environments. Maybe Keith Richards or Axl Rose... |
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Post by orrum on Aug 26, 2016 18:05:05 GMT -5
Most amber is a man made scam with bugs etc in it!
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Post by dottyt on Aug 26, 2016 23:28:43 GMT -5
Just make sure to insert an intact insect in it before burying. That should substantially increase it's value when you dig it back up in 5 million years. oooh.. or maybe some human DNA so that the finder can clone a long extinct human. I might recommend the DNA of a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model such as Kate Upton or the likes. just sayin' I think certain parts of Kate Upton may be enhanced and therefore uncloneable....  |
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Post by Pat on Aug 27, 2016 0:12:52 GMT -5
I once had a bar of amber with bugs in it. It came wrapped in cellophane in a box labeled "candy". I'd carefully remove it from the box and show it to admiring eyes. Then they would ask if it was real....... : )
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Erich
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Post by Erich on Aug 27, 2016 23:04:18 GMT -5
I have a 3"x3"x1 5/8" rough chunk of Baltic amber my aunt collected back in the 30's, or 40's during the war, in Estonia. I've had it for over 40 years myself.
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