This is a fully polished piece of Burmite (Burmese) amber that contains a seldom seen, ancient water bubble or enhydro with a trapped, moving air bubble inside from the Cretaceous Period.
There is also a Tipulid fly that resembles a mosquito in this amber fossil. Tipulid flies are not known to be blood sucking.
This water and fly would have been on the Earth at the time of the dinosaurs including T-Rex and Triceratops!
Enhydros are water bubbles that contain trapped air bubbles that can be seen moving as the piece is turned.
Geological studies have dated the water in this enhydro to be around 100 million years old.
The piece itself weighs 0.5 grams with approximate dimensions of 1.6 cm length by 0.9 cm width and 0.4 cm height. NOTE: 2.54 cm is 1 inch.
Please see my feedback. I have been selling amber fossils for over 15 years on eBay and do not sell fake amber only genuine material from now extinct plant sources not glass or plastic embedded with present day inclusions. This piece is genuine amber formed over millions of years of polymerization.
Burmese (Burmite) amber has been dated to be Cretaceous in age (around 100 million years old) and would have been sticky resin during the time of the dinosaurs.
When one realizes that this amber has been dated to around 100 million years old, it is something to see insects from that time.
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Please see my other resin fossils including Dominican amber with fossil inclusions, large Colombian copal with inclusions, and rare Indonesian ambers (some of lovely blue and green color).
I do combine items for up to 7 days to save on shipping costs.
International Buyers: Please note that I ship using First Class Mail International.
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Please check your country's customs office to determine what these additional charges may be prior to bidding/buying.
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I only sell genuine, all-natural, non-heat treated, reconstituted, or color enhanced amber. This piece could be used as a specimen or in a piece of jewelry. Thank you for your consideration. This amber will ship worldwide. I will combine items to save on shipping for up to a 7 day period and usually ship within a 24 hour period.
Please note that the saltwater test to identify real from fake amber is not reliable. The saltwater test claims that real amber will float in saltwater while fake amber will sink.
However, many amber sources or even specimens will not float in saltwater as their botanical (plant) composition as well as fossil inclusions are such that they are more dense than saltwater and so sink. I do not sell fake amber. My feedback should help demonstrate this.