Pyrite

Shireen Gonzaga - An ancient bug preserved in glittering fool’s gold:

https://earthsky.org/earth/ancient-bug-preserved-fools-gold-lomankus-edgecombei/

#LomankusEdgecombei #Arthropod #Fossil #NewYork #Megacheiran #Pyrite #OrdovicianPeriod #MarineBiology #Biology #Paleontology

University of Texas at Austin - 'Golden' fossils reveal origins of exceptional preservation:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-golden-fossils-reveal-exceptional.html

#Posidonia #Shale #Oxygenation #Jurassic #FossilPreservation #Fossils #Phosphate #Oxygen #Pyrite #Framboids #Taphonomy #Mineralogy #Paleontology