New Technique Peeks Inside Opaque Amber

Opaque amber looks like a stone. The naked eye cannot see anything in this material. But, because it is a fossil resin, it can incorporate fossils like any other amber. So far, palaeontologists have found in amber from fossil insects and microbes to small vertebrates (like frogs), feathers, p... [ read more >> ]

Some of virtual 3-D extractions a) snail Ellobiidae. b) millipede Polyxenidae. c) spider d) conifer branch (Glenrosa). e) Isopod crustacean Ligia. f) wasp Bethylidae.

a) Opaque amber from Charente b) radiography of a bloc with inclusions in absorption mode. c) the same radiograph in propagation phase contrast

Image comment: a) Opaque amber from Charente b) radiography of a bloc with inclusions in absorption mode. c) the same radiograph in propagation phase contrast
Image credits: M. Lak, P. Tafforeau, D. Néraudeau (ESRF Grenoble et UMR CNRS 6118 Rennes)

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a) Opaque amber from Charente b) radiography of a bloc with inclusions in absorption mode. c) the same radiograph in propagation phase contrast