Masu bincike sun gano ainihin launukan wani gungun kwari da aka kama a cikin amber a Myanmar kimanin shekaru miliyan 99 da suka gabata. Tsoffin kwari sun haɗa da kurciya, kwari na ruwa da ƙwari, waɗanda duk suna zuwa da shuɗin ƙarfe, shunayya da kore.
Yanayi yana da wadata a gani, amma burbushin halittu ba kasafai suke riƙe da shaidar launin halittar wani halitta ba. Duk da haka, masana ilmin burbushin halittu yanzu suna neman hanyoyin da za su zana launuka daga burbushin halittu da aka kiyaye su da kyau, ko dai dinosaur ne da dabbobi masu rarrafe masu tashi ko kuma macizai da dabbobi masu shayarwa na da.
Fahimtar launin nau'ikan da suka ɓace yana da matuƙar muhimmanci domin yana iya gaya wa masu bincike abubuwa da yawa game da halayen dabbobi. Misali, ana iya amfani da launi don jawo hankalin abokan hulɗa ko kuma gargaɗi ga masu farauta, har ma yana taimakawa wajen daidaita yanayin zafi. Ƙara koyo game da su kuma zai iya taimaka wa masu bincike su ƙara koyo game da yanayin halittu da muhalli.
A cikin sabon binciken, wata ƙungiyar bincike daga Cibiyar Nazarin Kasa da Faleontology ta Nanjing (NIGPAS) ta Kwalejin Kimiyya ta China ta duba samfuran amber guda 35 waɗanda ke ɗauke da kwari da aka kiyaye sosai. An gano burbushin halittun a cikin wani ma'adinan amber a arewacin Myanmar.
... Shiga cikin Jaridar ZME don labaran kimiyya masu ban mamaki, fasaloli da kuma wasu bayanai na musamman. Ba za ku iya yin kuskure ba idan kuna da masu biyan kuɗi sama da 40,000.
"Amber yana tsakiyar Cretaceous, kimanin shekaru miliyan 99, tun daga zamanin zinare na dinosaurs," in ji babban marubucin Chenyan Cai a cikin wata sanarwa. "Asali resin ne da tsoffin conifers ke samarwa waɗanda ke girma a cikin yanayin dazuzzuka. Tsire-tsire da dabbobi da aka makale a cikin resin mai kauri ana kiyaye su, wasu kuma suna da aminci kamar na gaske."
Launuka a yanayi gabaɗaya suna faɗuwa cikin manyan rukunoni uku: bioluminescence, pigments, da kuma structure colors. Burbushin amber sun sami launukan structure da aka kiyaye waɗanda galibi suna da ƙarfi kuma suna da ban mamaki (gami da launukan ƙarfe) kuma ana samar da su ta hanyar ƙananan sifofi masu haske waɗanda ke kan kan dabbar, jiki da gaɓoɓinta.
Masu binciken sun goge burbushin halittu ta amfani da sandpaper da kuma diatomaceous earth powder. Ana niƙa wasu amber zuwa sirara mai laushi ta yadda kwari za su iya gani a sarari, kuma matrix na amber da ke kewaye ya kusan bayyana a cikin haske mai haske. An gyara hotunan da aka haɗa a cikin binciken don daidaita haske da bambanci.
"Nau'in launin da aka adana a cikin burbushin amber ana kiransa launin tsari," in ji Yanhong Pan, wanda ya rubuta tare da marubucin binciken, a cikin wata sanarwa. "Nanostructures na saman suna warwatsa takamaiman raƙuman haske," "suna samar da launuka masu ƙarfi," in ji Pan, yana ƙara da cewa wannan "tsarin shine ke da alhakin yawancin launukan da muka sani a rayuwarmu ta yau da kullun."
Daga cikin dukkan burbushin halittu, kurajen kuraje suna da ban sha'awa musamman, tare da launuka masu launin shuɗi-kore na ƙarfe, ja-rawaya-ja, shuɗi da kore a kansu, ƙirji, ciki da ƙafafuwa. A cewar binciken, waɗannan launukan sun yi daidai da kurajen kurajen kura da ke raye a yau. Sauran fitattun sun haɗa da ƙurajen shuɗi da shunayya da ƙudajen soja masu duhu kore na ƙarfe.
Ta amfani da na'urar hangen nesa ta electron, masu binciken sun nuna cewa burbushin amber yana da "tsarin exoskeleton masu warwatsewa da haske."
"Abin da muka lura da shi ya nuna cewa wasu burbushin amber na iya kiyaye launuka iri ɗaya da kwari da aka nuna lokacin da suke raye kimanin shekaru miliyan 99 da suka wuce," in ji marubutan binciken. "Bugu da ƙari, wannan ya tabbatar da gaskiyar cewa ana samun shuɗin ƙarfe a cikin ƙwarƙwarar cuckoo da ke wanzuwa."
Fermin Koop ɗan jarida ne daga Buenos Aires, Argentina. Yana da digirin MA a fannin Muhalli da Ci Gaba daga Jami'ar Reading, Birtaniya, ƙwararre a fannin aikin jarida na muhalli da sauyin yanayi.