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Strange Acari with Fangs in Burmite Amber Fossil Gemstone Dinosaur Age

$ 20.59

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Featured Refinements: Amber Fossil
  • Blue Amber: Burmite Amber
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Modified Item: No
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Type: Amber
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Condition: New

    Description

    Please see my feedback. I have been selling amber fossils for over 10 years on eBay and do not sell fake amber only genuine material from now extinct plant sources not glass or plastic embedded with present day inclusions.
    Burmese (Burmite) amber is difficult to acquire and has been dated to be Cretaceous in age (around 100 million years old) and would have been sticky resin during the time of the dinosaurs
    and is being mined in the Hukawng Valley in Myanmar (Burma).
    The Order Acarina includes mites and ticks.
    According to Secrets of a Lost World: Dominican Amber and Its Inclusions
    by Rafael Jie Chiang Wu, 'the number of mite and tick species rivals that of insects, and there may be thousands more to be identified.'
    This includes mites and ticks in Burmite amber as well.
    This is a fully polished piece of Burmite (Burmese) amber that contains an unknown Acari, probably a mite, from the time of the dinosaurs. This particular Acari has visible fangs. With it are two beetles.
    The mite may be of an undescribed Acari type new to science!
    What makes this Acari especially unique is that it lived on the Earth with the dinosaurs. Could it have been a parasite on one? It makes for a very interesting question.
    Please click on or mouse over images to see a larger view.
    Please see my other resin fossils including Dominican amber with inclusions, large Colombian copal with inclusions, and very rare Indonesian ambers (some of lovely blue and green color).
    The piece itself weighs 0.6 grams with dimensions of 1.6 cm length by 1.3 cm width and 0.3 cm height. NOTE: 2.54 cm is 1 inch.
    I do combine items for up to 7 days to save on shipping costs. Please contact me if you purchase more than one item so I can send you a combined invoice so you do not overpay on shipping.
    International Buyers: Please note that I ship using First Class Mail International.
    A SPECIAL NOTE CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
    :
    Please understand that import duties, taxes and charges are NOT included in the selling price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.
    Please check your country's customs office to determine what these additional charges may be prior to bidding/buying.
    I cannot guarantee delivery of your item in a set amount of time. Different country's customs offices take longer to process items than others do.
    Lastly, I do not mark merchandise values below their true value or mark items as "gifts." U.S. and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. Honesty is the best option.
    I only sell genuine, all-natural, non-heat treated, reconstituted, or color enhanced amber. This piece could be used as a specimen or in a piece of jewelry. Thank you for your consideration. This amber will ship worldwide.
    I will combine items to save on shipping for up to a 7 day period and usually ship within a 24 hour period
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    Please note that the saltwater test to identify real from fake amber is not reliable. The saltwater test claims that real amber will float in saltwater while fake amber will sink.
    However, many amber sources or even specimens will not float in saltwater as their botanical (plant) composition as well as fossil inclusions are such that they are more dense than saltwater and so sink. I do not sell fake amber. My feedback should help demonstrate this.