Scylla Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Mind blown. Recent posts have been about opalised dino bones, and new beetles in amber. This fossil is an insect in opal! https://entomologytoday.org/2019/01/18/fossilized-insect-discovered-amber-opal/ 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 was looking for an opalized fossil in amber...LOL Edit: OK so I found it! Didnt see the link at the bottom...ROFL. 1 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Wow, I’m trying to picture the geologic processes that had to happen to make that and I’m having a hard time. That’s crazy! 1 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Here is another article about fossils in opal such as bacteria, fungi and nematodes. The opal may have formed around the life in a few weeks. I wonder if the insects in the precious opal may have formed originally in opal and not in amber. Watkins, J. J., H. J. Behr, and K. Behr. June 2011. Fossil microbes in opal from Lightning Ridge — implications for the formation of opal. Quarterly Notes, Geological Survey of New South Wales. 136: 1-20. LINK 4 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 7 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said: I wonder if the insects in the precious opal may have formed originally in opal and not in amber If opal can form that quickly, you might be right. I also thought that it could have been an insect in unfosilized resin that got converted to opal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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