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[Andy Ng]

AHA! Johnno's back! Hope you had a good trip to the amber capital of the
world.

You're probably right John, it's the impression of the tree. Those lines are
way too regular to be just sand/soil marks. Seldom do I find pieces that
have imprints on the crust. Was dog-tired and muddy just now...the thought
of tree-prints never crossed my mind. After a good shower and dinner, I took
a closer look at the piece and it sure looks like impressions of wood fiber.
Good eyes you got!

Andy

On 9/26/07, JOHN FUDALA <ambersafari at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Andy,
> what you have there is a piece that formed on a tree, hence the rounded
> shape visible in picture 3358 and the imprint of the tree wood fibers on the
> inside of it visible in picture 3355.
> 3356 might be cast of inside of the bark layer.
> Very nice!
> John
>
> On 9/26/07, Andy Ng <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Apologies for the large attachments. Those of you on dial-up please
> > don't hate me! I wanted to present the details on the crust of this
> > 3.7kg chunk, hence the large photos. It seems to have taken the
> > impression of fine lines of sand that had water seeping thru it at a decent
> > rate. The bottom of this piece has impressions of the layer of silt/mud that
> > it rested on. Small chipped areas on the piece show a white/butterscotch
> > color inside. This was carefully dug out by hand. Am going back there
> > tomorrow for more!
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > PS Sorry Tammi, no site photos yet. I only have 1 camera and if that's
> > dropped into the water or damaged, I'm crippled. Will be getting a better
> > more 'professional' digicam soon, so I can risk my old Nikon in the jungles
> > then.
> >
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