Amber Listserv / Wrinkled bubble

[Andy Ng]

Hi Chris,

I just measured the bubble as best I could with Vernier calipers...it's
3.4mm in diameter. Think you hit on the probable cause of this wrinkled
bubble...it may have started out filled with air or water, but a crack
(there is a crack over the bubble) appeared as the resin was drying into
amber, allowing external pressure to wrinkle the bubble void. Thanks for the
input!

Andy

On 9/29/06, Christopher Albrecht <cjalbrecht at msn.com> wrote:
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>  Andy:
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> This is a neat find. I have a fairly substantial termite collection. Many
> times termites had a lot of gas escape them when they became entombed in the
> amber. These bubbles often have odd shapes, but never wrinkled. (Often the
> bubbles are liquid filled) I have many that even have a color to the liquid.
>  My point is, perhaps this did not start as a water bubble, but rather
> something that contained water originally. Over time, the liquid remained.
> Do you have a size of the bubble? This might help. Just my 2 cents. Thanks
> for sharing a neat photograph.
>
> Chris Albrecht
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> From:  *"Andy Ng" <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com>*
> To:  *"amber at ambericawest" <amber at ambericawest.com>*
> Subject:  *Amber Listserv / Wrinkled bubble*
> Date:  *Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:47:59 +0800*
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> Hi guys,
>
> Anyone ever seen a wrinkled bubble like this? The ones I encounter have
> always been smooth, till now. This was found in golden yellow transparent
> Borneo amber of 2.5-3.0 hardness on the Moh scale.
>
> Andy
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