Rarest Amber Fossils of the Week, 26 May 2026
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Rarest Amber Fossils of the Week 26 May 2026
1) Ant tangled in spiderwebs caught in amber.
This unusual inclusion was set into a woven bracelet
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Buyer: Fluffer Trollster
2) AAA Blue Dominican amber.
Blue Dominican amber is the rarest of all colours. It is created by fire and ash absorbing into the amber.
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: ~15–20 million years
Geologic Period: Miocene
Buyer: Trish
3) Blue Dominican amber naturally shaped in crescent moon.
Dominican Blue amber is created by forest fire smoke.
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: ~15–20 million years
Geologic Period: Miocene
Buyer: Starshine
4) Feather in Burmese amber from the time of dinosaurs.
Feathers in Burmese amber are especially interesting to scientists.
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Buyer: IAMFROGGER
5) Large spider caught in Burmese amber.
This spider is clear and well-centered in a cabochon .It is a great piece ready to be made into jewellery
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Buyer: Habibi
6) Scorpion in Burmese amber.
Arachnida, Scorpiones are rare insects in amber and highly sought after by collectors.
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Buyer: Wbdemolisher
7) Dominican amber with numerous flow lines and a fly trapped inside them.
Flow lines in amber show the layers they were laid down in
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: ~15–20 million years
Geologic Period: Miocene
Buyer: Beckoshka
8) Metasequoia leaf in 100-million-year old amber .
This tree species is almost extinct now. Still alive in China’s forests.
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Buyer: Zachary Presley
9) Possible Manipulator Roach in amber .
Proposed to be a predatory cockroach related to mantises. Now extinct.
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Buyer: Keith Sturgeon
10) Rare pseudoscorpion in amber.
Arachnida pseudoscorpion has large claws used for hunting and hitchhiking.
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Buyer: Soaper 76
11) Spider in amber from Myanmar.
Arachnida , Araneae.
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Buyer: Lou Lou
12) Burmite with grasshopper inclusion and multiple more insect inclusions.
This piece is a cabochon ready to be made into jewellery.
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Buyer: Frassi
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