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Fossils From the Cretaceous Era Coleraine Formation in Calumet, Minnesota

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Fossil Fish Scale

03AUG2019 #3

Found at Hill Annex Mine Public Pile on August 03, 2019

by Rylan Bachman for Hill Annex Mine Paleontology Project

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03AUG2019-scale3-100x-top2-sca.tif

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03AUG2019-scale3-200x-top.tif

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335X images. Top Illumination.
Scale is too wide so it was photographed in 4 parts

03AUG2019-scale3-335x-topillum-4final.tif

03AUG2019-scale3-335x-topillum-4final-sc.tif

03AUG2019-scale3-335x-topillum-first.tif

03AUG2019-scale3-335x-topillum-first-sc.tif

03AUG2019-scale3-335x-topillum-second.tif

03AUG2019-scale3-335x-topillum-second-sc.tif

03AUG2019-scale3-335x-topillum-third.tif

03AUG2019-scale3-335x-topillum-third-sc.tif

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Sample area 335X Magnification.

In Situ photos

3D surface views

Part of the reason I look at the 3D surface view is to see how level I got the scale under the microscope. Scale impressions are not completely flat but I try to keep the tilt to a minimum for the photos.