Fakes and Frauds with Amber Fossils I have been prompted to write this guide by the amount of transparently faked fossils in amber listed on E-bay. Much of what follows is common-sense but I hope it may still...
There are numerous adverts for insects in 'real Baltic Amber', and although many are genuine,a large number are highly suspect and mostly by Chinese dealers. The items are obviously fake because all the...
Introduction Amber is the ancient and fossilized resin of long dead trees that grew in forests millions and millions of years ago. Over the eons, chemical and physical changes occurred, fossilizing the...