Amber Listserv / australian amber

[Andy Ng]

Tammi, thank you for a very logical hypothesis (re: ocean currents washing
resinites from the Indonesian islands down to Oz). It may well be the case,
and bears further investigation.

Another possibility exists: that such resinites were produced locally over
there by indigenous dipterocarpe trees. Darwin is rather similar in climate
and vegetation to my neck of the woods. Maybe millennia ago, there were
rainforest trees there pumping out resins as well.

BTW, if my foggy memory didn't fail me, I recall that Aussie amber had
already been proven to exist and is named Wickite? It's only logical to
assume that any place that supported vegetation in the past would have very
high chances of having resins being exuded by injured trees, and said resins
turning to amber over the course of time. Indeed, I'd be very surprised if
any place that had supported vegetation in the past was devoid of amber.

Andy



On 9/4/07, tamber12 at aol.com <tamber12 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Andy, I've looked into that some and I'm more inclined to believe it has
> to do with ocean currents washing the resins onto the Aussie shores.  New
> Zealand has similar resin finds on the most southern tip, and no natural
> deposits but if you look at the flow of current coming from the direction of
> the Indonesian land mass, the current is such that buoyant materials could
> be transported in that direction. Just my thinking on the case.  Either way,
> there is such a variety of neat stuff coming from Dale's finds that I keep
> hoping they will discover natural deposits there.  I believe some of the
> strata in Cape York is old enough to support it, and that in time it will be
> proven.
>
> Dale, thanks for sharing and for giving us something new to talk about!
>
> Tammi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Ng <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com>
> To: Amber Oz <dalewicks at ledanet.com.au>
> Cc: amber group <amber at ambericawest.com>
> Sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 1:19 am
> Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / australian amber
>
> Nice one Dale. I'm again struck by the remarkable similarity between
> Borneo and Aussie amber. Does anyone know if these 2 places used to be a
> single landmass with common flora?
>
> Andy
>
> On 9/3/07, Amber Oz <dalewicks at ledanet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >  hi,
> > hope all are good.
> > l have been collecting australian amber for the past month and have
> > found some nice pieces, attaching a photo of a couple.
> > also an interesting deposit of lignite that has been dated as miocene in
> > age.as yet no assosiation ith the aust. amber.
> > all the best dale
> >
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