Neutron scan of fossil rock reveals hidden teeth [x-ray on steroids]

A while back I found this block packed full of fossil whale teeth washed up on a beach. I sent it over to ANSTO in Australia where it was neutron scanned by Joseph Bevitt, Andrew Cuff then created a 3D model of the image stack which I imported into Blender and lined up with the 3D model of the rock.

You can download the blender file here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2t1qobbvtdrxlco/mamlambo_tooth_block.blend?dl=0

The results blew my mind!! This is such a cool way to see into a rock!

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