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Fossils From the Cretaceous Era Coleraine Formation in Calumet, Minnesota

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Fossil Fish Scale

27APR2019 #2

Found at Hill Annex Mine Public Pile on April 27, 2019

by Stephen D. Monson Geerts
for Hill Annex Mine Paleontology Project

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27APR2019-scale2-scale-240x.zip - ZIP folder of 240X TIF files

27APR2019-scale2-scale-335x-left.zip - ZIP folder of 335X TIF files

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Sample areas 335X Magnification.

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.