Trilobite Fossils

Fossil Amber

Fossil amber (or fossil resin or resinite) results from the polymerization (cross-linking of organic compounds with hydrogen bonds) of tree resin. The first resin producing trees were the fern trees that appeared in Devonian time when the first insects also appeared. The oldest insect inclusions occur in Cretaceous (dinosaur-age) amber. Over millions of years the efficiency of natural selection tinkered with tree resin and its production in various ways to evolve protective mechanisms. For example, resin is used to seal wounds, provide a protective barrier to insects and infection, and as a medium of delivery for chemicals the tree produces to combat insects. By the Cenozoic Era, trees were well adapted in their various uses of resin for defense. Polymerization that is temperature-sensitive occurs very rapidly in resins, with further polymerization slowing dramatically over time. Thus, the age of amber varies from the Holocene to the Cretaceous, though the older, the scarcer, is the general trend.

For description of the orders of insects, see the fossil insect taxonomy page.

Fossil Amber with at Least One Spectacular or Rare Inclusion

Incredible Flight of the Alates

Bees in Love Embrace

Amazing Mothra, a Huge Fossil Moth in Amber

Roach Motel

Ugly Fuzzy Mushy Spider

Pretty Planthopper

Fossil Amber Jiminy Cricket and His Many Friends

Fossil Amber with two Crickets, Many Nymphs & Spider

Fossil Amber Ecosystems: Specimen containing numerous inclusions and often many species across the domains of life that at once filled their respective environmental niches, and yet together interacted as hunter and hunted or were united through boonds of symbiosis

Fossil Amber Ecosystem: >70 Insects; Huge Roach; Rare Mosquito

Diverse Fossil Amber Ecosystem: Thysanura Spider; web with carcass

Spider Cannibalism During Mating, Both Dinner and Date

Fossil Amber at Fossil Mall

Fossil Amber Page: 1 Archive: 2

Description	Location	Price	ID/Link
Trophy Fossil Amber Pieces: Trophy is a designation not requiring a large number of insects, though sometimes there will be many. Generally, trophies are smaller in size and contain a particularly exquisite and/or unusual inclusion(s).
Five Fat Flies & Flora in Fine Fossil Amber	Colombia	Sold	a412
Fossil Amber Trophy Cockroach	Colombia	Sold	a360
Amber with Large Homopteran and More than 20 Other Insects	Colombia	Sold	a112
Amber with Large Lepidopteran	Colombia	Sold	a114
Fossil Moth, frozen in flight, with 16 other insects	Colombia	Sold	a266
Fossil Amber Fantastic Fulgoroidea (Planthopper)	Colombia	Sold	a272
A perfect Homopteran with 3 Dipterans	Colombia	Sold	a12
Fossil Amber Incredible Flight of the Alates	Colombia	Sold	a405
The Perfect Alate	Colombia	Sold	a362
Trophy Cockroach, Exotic Beetle and More	Colombia	Sold	a364
Ecosystem Fossil Amber: Among amber's, those few pieces that contain many species that at once filled their respective environmental niches, and yet together interacted in the general environment are to me the most fascinating. These I designate Ecosystem Specimens.
Fossil Amber Dipteran Swarm with Spiders	Colombia	Sold	a353
Fossil Amber Isopteran Worker and Warrior Sociology - 6 dozen insects and 3 millipedes	Colombia	Sold	a271
Dipteran Fossil Amber Winged Insect Mini-Ecosystem	Colombia	Sold	a404
Stunning Triple Trophy Amber Ecosystem with Large Thysanuran and some 30 other insects	Colombia	Sold	a92
Stunning Diminutive Fossil Amber Ecosystem	Colombia	Sold	a426
Fossil Amber - Spider Attack with Hairy Backed Fly	Colombia	Sold	a425
Fossil Amber Beetle Congregation	Colombia	$75.00	a422
Fossil Amber Dipteran Swarm & Huge Spider	Colombia	Sold	a238
Fossil Amber Ecosystem with 80 Insects - Mating Flies	Colombia	Sold	a166
Large Amber Specimens: This section presents the particularly large amber specimens. Some will have few or no insects, and others may have huge numbers of insects.
Incredible AMBER FUNGAL FOSSIL Display Specimen	Colombia	Sold	a428
Phenomenal Fossil Amber with more than 400 Beetles & 500 Insects - an astonishing specimen; also rare inclusion of mating Dipterans	Colombia	Sold	a359
Rare to Extremely Rare Amber : Rate to extremely rare is self explanatory - it designated specimens with exclusions that are very rarely found.
Stunning Fossil Amber with 2 Crickets, Many Nymphs & Spider	Colombia	Sold	a358
Fossil Amber with the following rare inclusions: Pseudoscorpion with Lymexylonidae melittoma (ship timber beetle)	Colombia	Sold	a226
Fossil Amber with Rare Lepidopterous Larvae (Caterpillar) & Reduviidae (Assassin Bug)	Colombia	Sold	a199
Very rare Symphylan and much more	Colombia	Sold	a8
Amber Fossil Insect Trophy: with a Totally Bazzar and Extremely Rare Owlfly Larvae	Colombia	Sold	a25
Rainforest Amber Ecosystem with Extremely Rare Assassin Bug	Colombia	Sold	a110
Fossil Amber with Rare Pseudoscorpion Flower Bud and Trophy Ant	Colombia	Sold	a413
Astonishing amber with 40 insects and a lizard	Colombia	Sold	Liz
Rainforest Amber Ecosystem with Extremely Rare Assassin Bug, 9 Alates, a firefly, 3 spiders and more	Colombia	Sold	a125
Uncommon to Rare Amber: Rare is self explanatory - it designates specimens with exclusions that are very rarely found.
Rare Beetle, 6 Spiders & Other Insects in Fossil Amber	Colombia	Sold	a270
Millipede in amber	Colombia	Sold	a111
Pair of Millipedes in very clear fossil amber	Colombia	Sold	a420
Rare Unidentified Amber: Occasionally we encounter insects or other inclusions we can not identify. Generally, this means that in thousands and thousands of pieces, we've never previously seen this inclusion(s). We invite entomologists to join in and help.
Unidentified Rare Insect	Colombia	Not set	a61
Phantastic Floral Amber: When all is said and done, it is amber with well-preserved inclusions from Kingdom of Life Plantae that are rarer than insects and offer great beauty. And, where there are plants in amber, there are almost always insects too.
Phenomenal Amber Specimen - many leaves and many insects - a true work of art by mother nature	Colombia	Sold	a116
Amber for Jewelry: These specimens, whether shaped during polishing or natural, are deemed particularly appropriate for jewelry.
Teardrop Amber Pendant with Four Isopterans	Colombia	Sold	a401
Oval Amber Pendant with Two Isopterans	Colombia	Sold	a402
Teardrop Amber Pendant with Isopteran	Colombia	Sold	a403
Maybe the Perfect Fossil Amber Pendant	Colombia	Sold	a406
Fossil Amber Alates and Beetles	Colombia	Sold	a407
Amber with 16 Love-Beetles	Colombia	Sold	a409
Large Fossil Amber Pendant ready to wire wrap	Colombia	Sold	a182
Tear drop-shaped Amber Pendant with Isopteran	Colombia	Sold	a265
Large Fossil Amber Pendant ready to wire wrap	Colombia	Sold	a183
Perfect Oval Amber Pendant with Isopteran	Colombia	Sold	a427
Display Amber : Display is a designation for a large specimen of amber, usually at least weighing 100 grams. Some specimens will be highly included, and others may have no inclusions.
Incredible amber fungal fossil display specimen	Colombia	Sold	a94
Defraction light show in fossil amber edifice	Colombia	Sold	a157
Amber Real Deals : Our real deals are just that -- great pieces of amber for which we have not invested significant time in the photography, passing the savings on to you. Other times great pieces are difficult to photograph because of bubbles and intervening obstructions, but they may be even more awesome than a clear piece when viewed by eye or through a loupe. Keep an eye out here for real values.
Amber with 13 insects	Colombia	Sold	a66
Unusual Baltic amber with 4 mm larvae	Russia	Sold	b1
Fine botanical Baltic amber	Russia	Sold	b2
Baltic amber Diptera chironomidae	Russia	Sold	b3
Entire Amber Collections : These are offerings of multiple pieces that are especially selected to a range of types and sizes, differing inclusions, and sometimes differing localities. Fewer pictures are provided and fewer inclusions are identified. Generally, purchase of a collection will save you money.
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Amber education packages : Teachers are underpaid and are not provided budget to obtain classroom teaching materials. Our meager profit on these packages is applause to those that teach science.
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