This photograph shows ammonite shell under high magnification. Specimens such as this are sold for jewelry under the name amolite.
2016 Photomicrography Competition
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Image of Distinction
Ammonite shell (Placenticeras meeki)
Norm Barker
- Affiliation
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Department of Pathology & Art as Applied to Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Technique
- Magnifaction
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