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FOOLS! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Hmm... Is it because fossils are undoubtedly damaged due to the conditions for making pyrite? Something something intrusion?

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 week ago (9 children)

They will decay within 2 years after hitting oxygen. Solution: Encase them in resin. Source: What I did with these pyrite fossils on my desk.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

pics or it didn't happen! (I just want rock photos fr)

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

You can see what happens when the wood gets exposed on the little black one. The big guy is clay.

One that's mostly polished up:

I am saving these for teaching tools. They were collected with help from a good friend of mine that does palaeontology. My research is only Holocene lol.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Stunning! Thank you for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you fart✨sparkles. You are stunning too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

😂 this whole post is great

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love little ancient curly guys <3<3

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Me too, they're so pretty. They basically fall out of the wall in Dorset.

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