LARGE Flower Bract + Empidid Fly in Dominican Amber

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Dominican fossil amber is known for the clarity of its inclusions including such things as insects, arachnids, and botanicals. All amber I offer is authentic, non-treated material. Many of these specimens have been hand-sanded and polished by me. They have not been reconstituted nor are they plastic. This amber is much more rare than the ever prevalent Baltic amber which originates from several countries and across two continents (Europe and Asia). Dominican amber comes from one island source: the Dominican Republic which shares the island with Haiti and the supply is much smaller than that of Baltic amber which has been mined for centuries and now is mass mined as opposed to Dominican material which has been mined for only decades with picks and hammers by candlelight. This fully polished, 18 x 15 mm cabochon of all-natural Dominican amber from the La Bucara group of mines in the Dominican Republic contains a rare, very large curled flower bract along with a rare juvenile fly from the Family Empididae. These flies are commonly referred to as Dance or Dagger flies and have a piercing proboscis with which to attack their prey. There is also a long-legged (Dolichopodidae) fly and springtail in this piece. This piece originated from a parcel purchased from Keith Luzzi of eBay Store TerraTreasure s, well known for their high quality read more
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