Can we make Jurassic Park in real life? Imagine this: Millions of years ago, an insect, for the purposes of our blog: a tick, found its way onto the back of a dinosaur. The tick did what any tick would do: sank its mouth into the terrible lizard’s skin to enjoy a meal of blood.  Satiated for the moment, the tick began to look for another spot. Suddenly, it found itself knocked off its giant prize and fell into a sticky pile of resin from the tree above. Try as it may, the ins

What is Colombian Copal? Copal from Colombia (and anywhere else in the world) is the younger, non-fossilized version of amber. It is a tree resin that has hardened and been buried, but not for long enough to fossilize. It is to say it is "fresh" amber. It can have fantastic insect inclusions, even surpassing amber. But it is very soft. Colombian Copal With Insects - Swarm of large, clear mosquitos and other insects. Colombian copal is included in this book for two main reason

How to polish amber by hand Raw amber can easily be polished by hand. All you need is the right sandpaper, some water, some toothpaste, and a cloth. It really is that easy! This post will teach you how to turn this: Raw Burmese Amber - Looks like those long black lines inside may be plant inclusions. We must polish the amber to see what's inside. into this! Polished Burmese Amber - Revealing what we suspected: An anther inside! The male part of a the flower that produces pol

There’s a lot of fake amber out there. Fortunately, there’s a lot of real amber out there as well. This blog post will teach you the way to avoid the fakes and buy the real ones. 1) Know Your Dealer Businesses who specialize in fossils and amber are trustworthy because they specialize in sourcing the real thing from each country. And if a reputable business is caught selling fake amber, they will lose their reputation and a lot of business. A real amber seller would never sel