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Part of a leaf with 3 leaf-lets. Very unique, seldom see and
I cannot ID the tree ro shrub that these leaves came from. Also
has a midge in it. Impressive piece. You won't see this very
often.
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This is a very unusual piece
of amber. The amber is very clear and has a lovely yellow
color. I cannot imagine how vegetable
(?) fibers could have dropped or have been engulfed in resin
and still maintain their spatial
separation. That is, they are not all on one plane, but are
very 3-dimensional. Pictures will not show this well, but there
is great depth to this tangled 'mess'.
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Not sure what botanical part this is, but it is neat. Small, hairy,
maybe portion of twig or stem. Nice size, good price, about 1.5 inches long.
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Just stamens from an unknown
plant. The stamens appear to be complete. There is a small
midge (Diptera) near a stamen.
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One large leaf, 2 curled leaves, part of a stem, lots of organic
debris - man is this a fun piece. There is a spider, there are
ants and a termite. Lots here to keep one interested.
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Good piece with what looks like a casing
from a flower or something
similar. Also contains
an ant, the head
of an ant and a gall midge,
Diptera Cecidomyiidae.
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The is possibly a curled up stem
of leaf. It does appear the the leaf
is hairy!! Got me. Also with this beauty
is a weevil, Family Histeridae, Super family Cuurculionoidea.
Weevils are very unusual,
so with this specimen you get a '2-fer'.
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This is a good sized piece that contains a real
flower. The petals
are washed out of color - but hey, who wouldn't be after 25
million year? There is also a nice black
fly on the other side.
The piece is clear with good color.
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9.
What a piece of amber. This has a large part of what I think
is an elongated moss. The plant is in excellent condition, extending
almost the entire length of the amber chunk. You will enjoy
the pictures.
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10.
Nice piece with just a bunch of stamens
and filaments. There are at least 2
petals from a plant,
a nice spider,
a gnat with very plumose
antennae - just about everything
you ever wanted in a piece of amber. Much of this is visible
to the naked eye (not the gnat though).
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Perfectly clear amber - just a beautiful yellow color to it
without anything else - except - two curled leaflets. This is
really a good piece and is just considered the best. Take a
look at the scanned image and you will see what I am talking
about.
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12. This is going to be hard to believe, but there are about
14 flowers in this piece
of amber. It looks a someone just cut off the flowers
and dropped them in the resin.
It is very unusual to
find this many together, one or two is good, more than 10, wow.
There is even a beetle(Coleoptera)
larvae in here.
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13.
This has a lot, there is some type of moss, part of a curled
leaf and some stuff I just don't know. There is also a gnat,
Diptera and a few others.
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Leaves! There are 3 wonderful
leaves in the large piece of amber. I would guess that they
are Leguminoseae leaves. Here is the back
side of the amber. One of the leaves is curled over, that
is why it looks like 4 leaves. This specimen should be in a
museum. It is a fine piece of very clear and yellow amber. In
fact, I do not think I have ever seen better. I wonder if there
is still DNA inside the leaves?
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Tear drop shape, clear yellow amber. This piece has what looks
like a portion of a selaginella "branch" - now that
is stretch'in it from my college botany days. I do not think
this is from selaginella. Also has a gnat.
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This has a most perfect leaf (algarrobo flower) in it - just
great. The amber has numerous surface
glazing which does not affect the beauty of the leaf itself.
Take a look - good price on this piece.
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This has everything in the piece. There is so much, I am not
sure where to start. There is a large
flower at one end, around it are a number of gnats,
a midge,
portions of leaves - even a large ant which I suspect may be
a leaf
cutter (not sure though), also some
smaller ants, a beetle.
There is a leaf with heavy
dots, (spores?) a filament, and even
a bract from the covering of something like a flower. Each
time you look at the piece, there is something
new.
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18. Lots of stamens and anthers scattered here. There is also
a petiole, a possible sepal, the shed
of a spider (cool), a fly and even an isopod.
This is like the one above, always something new when you look
at it. There is even a possible Hemipteran
- although I cannot see it well enough for any
type of ID. Also included for your viewing pleasure is a
spider with very
long legs.
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You have to love this piece. This is a very clear, cab shape
piece of amber with 2
beautiful flowers and barklouse,
Psocoptera (and a gnat
too). The piece is impressive. In fact the amber is so clear
that the sides act
as magnifiers and makes taking
a picture of the flowers
difficult (what a great problem to have.)
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Part of a set of leaflets rolled together near one side of the
amber. There is also a fly near the plant.
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21.
Good sized piece of amber with what
may be a messed
up leaf. There is also a small
beetle and a flower
and a petiole
and a large gnat. It is an interesting piece of amber.
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Here is a special one. Not the 'hottest shape' or the 'clearest
piece' but when you look at it - OH. There is a very nice stamen
with the stalk and a lot of organic debris. But here is what is
going to get you, there is also another stamen with a lot of the
pollen on the top of the stamen, easily seen! Really nice.
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Wonderful piece of Dominican amber that contains a perfect leaf
and possible the base of a flower. Good sized piece, this
has a good yellow color.
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The scanned image and the pictures do not do this one justice.
The leaf is an inch long (can't see it in the scan because of
reflection). There is also a petiole near an edge, an ant, Hymenoptera,
Formicidae and a gnat,
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Large Dominican amber with a rolled plant leaf and some other
strange botanical inclusions. Also has a lot of air bubbles within
air bubbles (maybe water that is 25 million years old.)
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Here is just a leaf that covers half of the piece of amber.
Fairly clear, good color - impressive leaf. There is also a
rare portion of a spider web!
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Wow, this this piece have a lot inside. There are a ton of flowers
- at least 6 with the floral arrangements. There is also a nice
platypodid beetle, Coleoptera, Playtpodidae. Also there is a true
bug, Hemiptera, Rediviidae.
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Nice clear piece with a leaflet nicely place and the terminal
portion of a leaflet. There is a midge and a very small beetle.
The leaflet is easy to see.
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A very large piece of amber-
39 grams. Contains
an interesting grouping of plants.
Looks like moss, but I cannot
tell (it looks like sphagnum
to me - but don't worry, it
isn't sphagnum).
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An impressive leaf that looks like it has been shattered, 3 winged
ants, Hymenoptera, Formicidae another part of a hairy leaf and
even a large beetle (at least I think it is.) The beetle is tough
to see.
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