Saturday, December 8, 2007

Weekly fossil (replacement edition)


This week we have the Devonian brachiopod Paraspirifer. Look carefully and you'll notice that the shell looks like it's made of gold. It's not some Tiffany's on acid concoction, the calcite that normally makes up the shell has been replaced by pyrite (fool's gold). Not as rare as you might think but very cool nevertheless.

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