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This concretion opened up a couple weeks ago. When I first looked at it, I could tell there was something there, but the contrast between it and the surrounding matrix was very low, so I didn't think much of it. I got around to looking at it again yesterday. In very bright oblique light, I realized it was actually a very beautiful spider with legs and all. It measures about 1cm. I am not sure on the ID.

 

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Colors inverted

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Wow.  You might ask other Mazon Creek collectors what the best thing to use to add some contrast.  Clear shellac dries slightly darker on some rocks.

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I have problems seeing the specimens in some of these Mazon Creek nodules, just not a lot of contrast.  I see an oblong object in the pictures, but I'm not seeing any legs.  Can you highlight your picture with a color, like red, outlining the spider and showing the legs?

 

Marco Sr.

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14 minutes ago, MarcoSr said:

I have problems seeing the specimens in some of these Mazon Creek nodules, just not a lot of contrast.  I see an oblong object in the pictures, but I'm not seeing any legs.  Can you highlight your picture with a color, like red, outlining the spider and showing the legs?

 

Marco Sr.

Here is my poorly dome outline of some of the main structures.

 

 

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