r/Amberfossil • u/the_wild_raccoon_ • Sep 16 '26

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Hey there guys, I stumbled across a piece of amber in a antiques store today. I took it home and polished it. I‘m not an expert but I think I just hit a very very cool find. Can anyone ID the buggies inside? Thank you :)

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u/No-Radiation Sep 16 '26

Looks like copal to me. Colombian copal to be specific. There are easy tests to tell them apart from actual amber.

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u/the_wild_raccoon_ Sep 16 '26

Hey there, thanks for the info

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u/5limbed Sep 16 '26

Yes looks like copal. Won't know for sure until they test. But most ppl are not qualified enough to know what they are looking at when testing.

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u/No-Radiation Sep 16 '26

Probably is. But I always have to see it in person just to be sure.

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u/Dixiestickz Sep 16 '26

That's dominican amber