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Concha de caracol f贸sil opalizada

An opalized fossil snail shell with iridescent green, gold, and red flashes rests on a textured, pale claystone surface under dramatic raking light against a black background.

An opalised fossil snail shell from Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, its spiral turned to milky opal and flashing green, gold and red fire, resting in the pale claystone it was dug from, one hard light from the left raking the grit, black behind, 100mm macro, focus stacked Ver m谩s

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