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Cetacea (Whale) Fossil from Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia. 5 to 6 million years old. The image to the right of this is a high-powered magnification of this same fossil. This is the natural external surface of the bone. You can see the bones cells have been filled in with minerals as the organic material was replaced by rock in the fossilisation process.

Cetacea (Whale) Fossil from Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia. 5 to 6 million years old. A zoom in (5x microscope objective) of the image to the left.

Cetacea (Whale) Fossil from Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia. 5 to 6 million years old. The picture to the right of this is a zoomed-in view of this same fossil. This is the fractured, internal surface of the bone. Note that the cells that make up the bone marrow are larger on this side.

Cetacea (Whale) Fossil from Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia. 5 to 6 million years old. This is the fractured, internal surface of the bone. Note the much larger, coarser cells

Mako Shark tooth – Isurus hastalis from Batesford Quarry, Victoria, Australia. Miocene in age; 5 to 23 Million years old.

Large piece of sub-fossil resin, known as Copal. Copal is not amber, it is amber's "precursor". As the resin fossilises, the organic carbon chain molecules known as terpenes polymerise (join together) to form amber, which is stronger and harder than the original resin. Copal is somewhere in-between, softer than amber but harder than fresh resin.

Close up of the air bubbles in a piece of yellow Eocene amber from Anglesea Coal Mine, Victoria, Australia. Approximately 42 Million years old.

Close up of organic detritus in a piece of Eocene amber from Anglesea Coal Mine, Victoria, Australia. Approximately 42 Million years old.

Two flies caught while mating in Eocene amber from Anglesea Coal Mine, Victoria, Australia. 42 Million years old. Close up to the left.
"Dolichopodidae in copula" Two dipterans of the family Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies) in Eocene amber from Anglesea Coal Mine, Victoria, Australia. 42 Million years old. These two unfortunate insects were caught in the middle of mating, trapped in the sticky resin dripping from a tree in ancient Victoria. The tree and the resin fell and were buried with time. The resin slowly hardened into amber over tens of thousands of years, while the tree became part of the coal beds of the Anglesea Coal Mine. Published in Nature Scientific Reports.

Composite image of amber from Anglesea Coal Mine, Victoria, Australia. 42 Million years old. Image composed of multiple images taken with the 5x microscope attachment and stitched together in photoshop.

The machine used to take all these photos.