Scientists find new dinosaur species in glittering opal-encrusted fossils
Dino fossils trapped in gemstones reveal new insights about Cretaceous life.
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Fossil Friday: Opalized belemnite
Belemnites are an extinct order of cephalopods ("cephalo" meaning head and "pod" meaning leg) that lived during the Mesozoic era, ...
Meet ‘Virgin Rainbow’: quite possibly the finest opal ever unearthed
As a geologist, I'm not into gemstones and "pretty rocks" - but every once in a while, I see a ...
Opals on Mars hint at planet’s wet past
As a proud student in geophysics, I can tell you that opal is hydrated silicon dioxide mineral with many astounding ...