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...
I was caught out buying a fossil from chinese origin on ebay, when searching the site for fossils you get inundated with chinese sellers, selling either illegally exported (from china) or fake fossils. I...
Some Tests to help you to identify Amber from it's imitations The popularity of Amber has increased since the advent of the film Jurassic Park. It has been proved very easy to imitate genuine amber with the...
Introduction With this guide I hope to introduce you to some of the basic points to consider when purchasing, and then working with healing crystals and stones. History The use of stones and...
China has produced a wealth of amazingly well preserved fossils, including the very popular Triassic reptile - Keichousaurus hui and the Cretaceous dinosaur Psittacosaurus meileyingensis . Both species were...
Introduction With this guide I hope to introduce you to some of the basic points to consider when purchasing, and then working with healing crystals and stones. In part 1 I looked at some basic history...
When buying fossils from China buyers need to consider he authenticity of the goods. Authentic rare fossils that are complete are expensive, if they are too cheap to be true, they are unlikely to be authentic....
Please DO NOT buy fossils of chinese origin on e-bay. While I have no doubt that a few may be genuine it is illegal for a chinese citizen to export a fossil. It is NOT illegal to export a fake good and most...
A new crystal should always be cleansed before you work with it for healing. This is not actually to clean dirt from it, but the unwanted energy it will have gathered from other people. There are many ways...
Please be sure to check out the types of shark tooth on sale everywhere. Some times these can be replicas and there are a good number that are similar 100% to the true once. But much of are genuine. Always ask...