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[JOHN FUDALA]

Yes I am back! Four weeks of many amber encounters are not easy to write
about in a single post... but I will try soon.

Here are pictures of my pieces that bear cast of wood fibers.
The smaller piece is Baltic amber from Kalliningrad, the larger piece Baltic
from Ukraine.

And at the end, since so much is talked about red amber- here's my piece of
natural red Baltic amber (Ukraine)

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5466/img1368br3.jpg
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2787/img1367mo7.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7459/img1369ql6.jpg

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/4042/img1366xu4.jpg

On 9/26/07, Andy Ng <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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