Amber Listserv / Wrinkled bubble

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Guys, could it have been a very fragile pod of some kind?  One that when the resin overtook it and filled it, that the resin filled in the form, wrinkles and all?  Or perhaps a pollen grain?  I wonder if a collapsed or dried water bubble would really leave such a pattern.  I would think dehydration would cause more cracking than folds or wrinkles. 
 
Tammi 
 
 
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Sent: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 8:04 AM
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Andy:
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





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


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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