I just got took. I should have known. Fake amber is not hard to make. It can be made from heating colored plastic, using copal (not 'mature' amber) or other modern polymers. Amber that looks 'too perfect'...
Amber is a fossilized resin that has gone through a number of changes over millions of years. The oldest amber is registered to be 345 million years old, and the oldest known amber containing an inclusion...
I am creating this guide because I unfortunately did not do my research before buying some fossil amber on ebay and found out I got ripped off when it was too late. The seller would not respond to me and I...