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May 8, 2024 1:36 PM
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Sechran
This is probably the best way to highlight that fossils aren't remains - they're rocks shaped in a remains-shaped mold.
isetprettygirlsonfire
They are beautiful! I have a few opal fossils I have found but nowhere near this nice.
dislurkerdude
Opa fossil styles
isetprettygirlsonfire
Also, as a reply to the comment I can't reply to below, as a geologist I have to point out most fossils aren't just molds filled in with minerals (except for casts). The original organism's structures (usually hard parts) are replaced molecule by molecule. This preserves the original structure, but not the chemesty. I have a common opal petrified wood specimen I found that is opaque, the cell walls of the original wood are still visible. The details can be amazing.
isetprettygirlsonfire
Also fossils can very much be remains, such as frozen mammoths or mummified materials. Fossils are any trace of past life and even include footprints, poop and burrows.
themobileappisbroken
Opalised fossils can be worth big money.
interesseret
Christ, you weren't kidding. I just checked on an auction site, and they range from a few hundred dollars to 10000+
Easykehl
Sounds more like ‘medium money’. **goes back to eating spaghettiOs out of Immanuel Kant’s skull**