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4.3g dark, transparent blue amber from West Sumatra. After grinding and polishing, I was surprised to discover that it contains 2 ants and 2 winged ants (possibly wasps); these were a little tricky to photograph, due to the amber's strong fluorescence under 140 lumen LED light, so these inclusions had to be backlit. I used a Canon EOS 500D, Canon 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens, and combined 2x and 4x Hoya circular magnifier lenses (8x).

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© Kaegen Lau

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Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities

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  • Taken with Canon Canon EOS REBEL T1i
  • Focal Length 60 mm
  • Exposure Time 1/40
  • f Aperture f/10.0
  • ISO Speed 400

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Barrelcactusaddict

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Correction: the Hoya close-up filters are marked as "+", not "x". My stacking the 2+ and the 4+ lenses would equal a 6:1 ratio (assuming the main lens is set to 1:1). The image would be 6x magnification, not 8x.

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