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[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 39 points 6 hours ago

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

[-] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 6 hours ago

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.

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

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

[-] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 hours ago

I posted some snaps here when I first pulled them out of the ground of this batch. I haven't polished the resin yet on most of the encased ones, but I'll post a snap after my phone charges a little bit. I have some fossils that turned into clay, ancient wood fragments and belemnites in there too. All are from the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 4 hours ago

More info about this stuff since dbzero is 504ing:

Haha, all you newbies have cained my main and back up account servers. X)

[-] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

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.

[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Stunning! Thank you for sharing.

[-] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago

Thank you fart✨sparkles. You are stunning too.

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

I love little ancient curly guys <3<3

[-] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago

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

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