How to tell if amber is genuine – with Dr Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente

Our researchers often get given items, but how do they know that those items are genuine? Dr Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, a researcher here at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, discusses how to test amber to determine its authenticity.
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The last three images in this video can be found in these open access journals:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://www.biotaxa.org/pe/article/vi...