Oamaru II

[rnabholz]

More from Oamaru New Zealand Fossil sample.

American Optical Series 4 Apostar, 90x Apo, Oblique Mask, Canon 70D, Stacks using Zerene Stacker PMax Routine

Pyxilla 74µm

Oamaru 0204 ZS PMax Finalx.jpg (62.67 KiB) Viewed 4601 times

70µm

Oamaru 0229 ZS PMax Finalx.jpg (79.03 KiB) Viewed 4601 times

62µm

Oamaru 0246 ZS PMax Finalx.jpg (64.43 KiB) Viewed 4601 times

[zzffnn]

Fascinating! Nice work, Rod!

[rnabholz]

Fascinating! Nice work, Rod!

Thanks zz

[75RR]

you are spoiling us rnabholz - very nice!

[rnabholz]

Very kind 75, thank you.

[MicroBob]

Hi Rod,
thank you for sharing your Oamaru beauties!
No. 1 is probably Pyxilla johnsoniana.
No. 3 doesn't look like a diatom to me, but I'm far away from being a diatom expert.
It might be a sponge spicule.

[rnabholz]

Hi Bob,

Glad you like them, there will be more to come.

We are in agreement on your IDs. That spicule really grabbed my attention. I think it was about a 50 image stack to capture its depth.

The second one is playing mind games with me, I see it as convex, look away and back and it is concave. Goofy.

Thanks for the interest.

Rod

[KurtM]

If I were you, I'd hang lights on that last one and use it for a holiday decoration.

[rnabholz]

If I were you, I'd hang lights on that last one and use it for a holiday decoration.

Might need a micromanipulator to put the star on top.

[MicroBob]

If it is a sponge spicule it must have been quite an effort for the sponge to develop it. The spicules I have found in diatom material or sand samples were much simpler in shape. It would be interesting to know the reason for this difference.