Dinosaur Bone in Yellow

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Bernardo Cesare
Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Polarized light photomicrograph of a thin section of dinosaur bone collected in Utah, USA.
The image shows a highly porous structure, with pores filled with late chalcedony and a thin rim of carbonate, and the fossil remnants of the bone tissue. Black dots denote the original position of bone cells.

Width of view: 2,7 mm.
Utah, USA

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Type Image Format JPG Size 1.7 MB Width 2500 px Height 1667 px Aspect 2500:1667 Brand Nikon Model D5500 Exposure 1/500 s ISO 400 Taken 30 January 2018 Tint Brownish black Submitted 8 February 2018

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