Amber Listserv / australian amber

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Andy, the amber Dale Wicks has found has been labeled "Wickite", but as yet we don't have a proven Aussie source.? It's hypothesized that there is one, it's just that they are only now getting to the point of looking for it actively.? Dale has been a busy amber hunter and spent much time in the bush lately.? He will have much to tell soon, I hope.? If it is found that Australia has a natural amber source, he's the guy that made it happen.? As it is, he's the reason we have all this Aussie amber to talk about anyway and I think it's all very exciting, however it got there.? Just think, out on a boat on the Great Barrier Reef, coasting up into the river valleys and getting out on a beach to dig around and look for amber.? Dodging crocodiles and other critters is your only danger.? I think I could deal with that.? 

Tammi


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Ng <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com>
To: tamber12 at aol.com <tamber12 at aol.com>
Cc: dalewicks at ledanet.com.au; amber at ambericawest.com
Sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:51 pm
Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / australian amber


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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