Re: Missing link feather fossils

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Dann Pigdon wrote:

> Richard W. Travsky writes: 
> > Hmmm. Any chance some hint of color was preserved? The picture on that 
> > link is b/w.
>
> I wonder if amber can preserve original colours at all, or whether chemical 
> processes in the resin might alter the colouration (but not necessarily the 
> patterning). A quick Google search resulted in comments like colour 'pattern' 
> or iridescence being preserved, but most of the pictures of amber-encased 
> fossils tend to show little more than shades of brown.

Patterning is useful info too.