East African copal (Madagascar copal)

fungus gnat-like insect

Spider

What is this? It is looks like house fly.

Various individual insects in Madagascar copal

Various insects inclusion in the single cabochon of Madagascar copal

South American Copal

Methane termites in Brazillian copal.

Amber from Carribean.

Pale yellow amber with several insects from Dominican Republic.

Extremely brittle version of Dominican amber. The original color is red.

Originally from my green-blue amber rough. It's smell different from my ordinary Dominican amber. I'm not sure which countries it's came from. Dominican or Mexico? It's emits bright blue color when held in UV lamp.

Dominican amber with winged termite

My first borneo resinite or amber collection

Sarawak copal from Lambir, Miri, Sarawak

Borneo resinite is any amber or copal that are found in Borneo Island. Borneo shared by three countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. The states in Malaysian Borneo are Sarawak and Sabah. The state in Indonesian Borneo is Kalimantan. These two countries are the important borneo resinite sources.
The most famous Borneo amber is Sarawak amber from Merit-Pila Coal Mine, Sarawak, Malaysia. Actually there are several amber and copal that can be found in Borneo. I have collected several polished pieces of borneo resinite from different location. The resinites I have are from Merit-Pila, Sarawak, Lambir, Sarawak, Sebako, Sarawak, Song, Sarawak, Buis-Kiabau, Sabah, Kg Abai, Sabah, Lahad Datu, Sabah and the Indonesian amber from Tarakan, East Kalimantan. Sarawak amber from Merit-Pila, Kapit, Sarawak


Kg.Abai, Sabah amber


Lahad Datu, Sabah copal

Tarakan, East Kallimantan amber
Buis-Kiabau, Sabah amber
Sebako, Pulau Bruit, Sarawak