amberica west

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Description of the Specimen
$96

1. 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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$79
2. 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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$38
SOLD
3. 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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$75
SOLD
4. Just stamens from an unknown plant. The stamens appear to be complete. There is a small midge (Diptera) near a stamen. Scanned Image.
$99

5. 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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$74
6. 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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$149
7. 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'. Scanned Image!
$86

8. 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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$249
SOLD

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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$137
SOLD

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).

Scanned Image!

$89
SOLD

11. 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.

Scanned Image!

$83

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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$74
SOLD

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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$1,424

14. 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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$77
SOLD

15. 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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$38
SOLD

16. 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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$182
SOLD

17. 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.

Scanned Image!

$189

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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$99
SOLD

19. 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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$45
20. 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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$82
SOLD
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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$69
22. 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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$121

23. 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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$99
24 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,
Scanned Image!
$167
25. 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.)
Scanned Image!
$92

26. 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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$139
SOLD
27. 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.

Scanned Image!

$49
SOLD
28. 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.
Scanned Image!
$187
SOLD
29. 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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$99
30. 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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