flyfishinPam - 11-3-2003 at 02:56 PM
On saturday morning while I was setting my husbands panga off to get a client, my three year old daughter was walking around the rocks the make up the
Loreto Marina. Then she held up a baseball sized nugget and said "mira, que bonita!" she brought it to me and I'll be damned as I think its a big
piece of Amber? Could it be? Any geologists out there, or does this even fall under geology..it is petrified. I'll post a photo of it later this
afternoon after I get the kids and have some lunch.
Anonymous - 11-3-2003 at 04:16 PM
Here is a page with simple tests for the piece.
http://www.gplatt.demon.co.uk/identify.htm
GeoRock - 11-5-2003 at 12:35 PM
Where is the photo?
Amber, the photo
flyfishinPam - 11-5-2003 at 03:18 PM
I printed up the platt link (above) and the stone passed the test knife scraping and the acetone tests. who knows maybe it floated here from far away
but kind of cool to find it right here, no? Just thought it was a cool find for the Loreto marina! below is the gem hunter and her gem (if I can
figure out how to attach a photo that is...)
I can't figure it out
flyfishinPam - 11-5-2003 at 03:19 PM
but really the truth is I don't have TIME to figure out how to attach the photo but one who is curious enough can view it on this link
http://www.bajabigfish.com/images/amber.jpg
Minnow - 11-6-2003 at 05:47 PM
If it is amber, it will melt a a fairly low temp. even though it is a mineralized fossil. It is however found most commonly in the tropics. Baja
Amber would be vary rare and valuable, especially a piece that size.