Amber Thingy ?? (Now What ?? )

[aa battery]

Grandma gave me this years ago does anyone have a clue what it might be??

 

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[aa battery]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

Other side

 

[aa battery]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

Bottle for size

 

[Old Dog]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

Any way to show size and dimensions??

Can you figure out how hard it is?
(on a mohs scale 1-10)
Your fingernail is a 3
Glass being a hardness of 5
Quartz is a 6-7
Diamond is a 10

What do you think it is ??

Thom

 

[aa battery]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

Any way to show size and dimensions??

Can you figure out how hard it is?
(on a mohs scale 1-10)
Your fingernail is a 3
Glass being a hardness of 5
Quartz is a 6-7
Diamond is a 10

What do you think it is ??

Thom

Thom i took a screwdriver to it and its kinda soft almost like plastic or tar??

 

[Old Dog]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

Do you think maybe you have a piece of amber??
Take it to the Geo department of the coledge and see if you can get a positive ID.
If it is, a chunk that big is a very valuable thing.

Thom

 

[aa battery]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

Do you think maybe you have a piece of amber??
Take it to the Geo department of the coledge and see if you can get a positive ID.
If it is, a chunk that big is a very valuable thing.

Thom

I guess i should i know nothing about gems and some rocks

 

[allen_idaho]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

That is an amazing piece. Is it amber? Could be. I know pretty much nothing about amber.

However, the texture on the outside makes me think it could be from a piece of agatized wood. Maybe fire agate.

 

[rmptr]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

That's a nice rock, AA!

You could go to web minerals or maybe local library...

Library has National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals.

Awesome book!

Amber is really soft on the Mohs scale...
Perhaps that is what you have

HH
rmptr

 

[rmptr]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

A question, AA...

Will it become sticky if wetted with alchohol, gasoline, or acetone?

That would be a sign of non-fossilized amber..

HH
rmptr

 

[aa battery]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

A question, AA...

Will it become sticky if wetted with alchohol, gasoline, or acetone?

That would be a sign of non-fossilized amber..

HH
rmptr

Hmm i will give it a try and let you know.

 

[TRHunter]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

Heat up a needle with a lighter then stick it in the thingy, If its amber or pine resin you will smell pine. if its plastic it will stink like burned plastic. Amber is fossilied resin so though not hard it is solid, not soft. If you can bend it or stick something into it it is most probibly a lump of resin. Possibly frankinsence a gum resin used in incence. It used to be common for ladies to carry some with their hankies.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

I'm thinking agate

 

[aa battery]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

Heat up a needle with a lighter then stick it in the thingy, If its amber or pine resin you will smell pine. if its plastic it will stink like burned plastic. Amber is fossilied resin so though not hard it is solid, not soft. If you can bend it or stick something into it it is most probibly a lump of resin. Possibly frankinsence a gum resin used in incence. It used to be common for ladies to carry some with their hankies.

Funny you say pine Resin someone looked at it and said the same thing. After i get back today i will try your suggestion..........aa

 

[Old Dog]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

If it is pine resin,
pry off a little of an edge and put it on a plate and heat it up.
It will melt like wax, and smell very strongly of pine.

Thom

 

[aa battery]

Re: Amber Thingy ??

Been kinda busy ill try tommarow....aa

 

[aa battery]

OK i heated up a pin and nothing happened. It didnt smoke it didnt smell nothing. I got angry and took the lighter to it and still nothing. Took a screw driver to it and it chips like an arrow head.

 

[aa battery]

OMG! It was yellow opal and now you've ruined it. ROFL, I don't know what it is, but it's probably agate like Eu_Citizen said because the man knows his rocks.

The only Opal i know of is a Buick...

 

[rmptr]

That's a big elimination AA...

Now, do the streak test...

rmptr

 

[Old Dog]

Take the thing to a rock and mineral shop,
Or the local college and see if the professors can help you with the ID.
For heavens sake Buddy, don't destroy it in frustration.
If it is amber you have done the easy tests.
Now go confirm it .
Keep the pieces so they won't have to break anymore off.
Let them see the big one but let them work with the bits and pieces.

Thom