Stingless Bees + Spider, Insects in LARGE 69 g 110 mm Colombian COPAL Amber

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This very large, 69 gram, and very long, 110 mm, hand-polished piece of Colombian copal amber contains stingless bees along with a spider, a spiderling, a winged termite, flies, gnats, beetles, and a psocopteran. Please mouse over images to see a larger view. For your information: Copal differs from fossil amber in both its age and its hardness: copal being younger and softer with amber being older and harder. Copal is also typically lighter in color than amber, but this does not take away from its natural beauty nor its potential scientific value . In fact, an article published in September 2007 described a new species of orchid bee that was not known to exist previously. The age of this copal has been a matter of discussion for years, and I still see no one's finds being well-accepted. Inclusions are often superbly preserved! Major copal deposits can be found in Colombia, South America and the island of Madagascar off the eastern coast of Africa. Some believe that Colombian fossil resin is in fact amber, I hold to the belief that it is not amber but is indeed copal (baby or young amber). BEWARE OF THOSE WHO ARE SELLING SO CALLED "GREEN" OR "CANARY" FACETED COLOMBIAN COPAL AS IT IS NOT RARE AND IS SIMPLY HEAT AND PRESSURE TREATED COPAL! The copal I am offering here comes from a mine in Puerto Nariño, Cordoba, COLOMBIA which read more

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