Search Results: Pyritization


Permineralization
Senin, 2025-08-18 21:06:07

walls are completely replaced by minerals. Some examples of soft-bodied pyritization are Beecher's Trilobite Bed (Ordovician) and the Hunsrück Slate (Devonian)...

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Petrifaction
Selasa, 2026-06-02 22:37:22

of an organism. Pyritization can result in both solid fossils as well as preserved soft tissues. In marine environments, pyritization occurs when organisms...

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Fossil
Kamis, 2026-05-21 15:29:55

geochemical framework for the application of stable sulfur isotopes to fossil pyritization. Journal of the Geological Society 154, 343–356. Oehler, John H., & Schopf...

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Iron-rich sedimentary rocks
Senin, 2025-04-07 21:53:57

sulfate. The amount of pyritization that has taken place within a fossil may sometimes be referred to as degree of pyritization (DOP). Ankerite (Ca(Mg...

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Mineral alteration
Kamis, 2025-01-23 14:33:30

as follows: 2CaCO3(limestone) + Mg2+ -> CaMg(CO3)2(dolomite) + Ca2+ Pyritization involves the ionic replacement by iron and sulfur atoms that combine...

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Gaojiashania
Kamis, 2026-04-02 05:50:37

Gaojiashan Lagerstätte section: pyritization, kerogenization (Fig. 5), and aluminosilicification (Fig. 6). Of these, pyritization is the dominant fossilization...

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Diagenesis
Selasa, 2025-12-09 00:17:43

organisms are replaced by minerals. These trilobites (Lloydolithus) were replaced by pyrite during a specific type of permineralization called pyritization....

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Fungus
Jumat, 2026-05-29 09:37:51

on land a billion years ago, well before plants were living on land. Pyritized fungus-like microfossils preserved in the basal Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation...

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Pyrite
Jumat, 2026-06-05 05:53:43

Bottrell, S. H.; Hatfield, D.; Bartels, C. (1996-06-01). "Controls on the pyritization of exceptionally preserved fossils; an analysis of the Lower Devonian...

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Hunsrück Slate
Selasa, 2026-05-19 04:12:49

slowed. The pyritization found in Bundenbach fossils facilitated preservation and enhanced the inherent beauty of the fossils. Pyritization is rare in...

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Lagerstätte
Sabtu, 2026-04-25 22:19:03

(replacing or coating soft tissues with films of aluminosilicate minerals). Pyritization (replacing soft tissues with pyrite, such as the exquisite detail found...

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Cephalopod
Rabu, 2026-06-03 23:45:39

Pyritized fossil of Vampyronassa rhodanica, a vampyromorphid from the Lower Callovian (165.3 million years ago)...

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Vampire squid
Jumat, 2026-05-29 10:06:05

Pyritized fossil of Vampyronassa rhodanica from the Lower Callovian of La Voulte-sur-Rhône....

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Great Oxidation Event
Rabu, 2026-05-20 12:25:39

Examples of such indicators of anoxic conditions include the degree of pyritization (DOP), which is the ratio of iron present as pyrite to the total reactive...

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2026 in paleontology
Jumat, 2026-06-05 19:55:34

Ortega-Hernández, J. (2026). "Proposed Ediacaran meiofaunal burrows from Brazil are pyritized algal/microbial consortia". Gondwana Research. 154: 335–347. Bibcode:2026GondR...

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Beecher's Trilobite type preservation
Senin, 2023-08-14 03:21:04

page 41 Derek E.G. Briggs; Simon H. Bottrell; Robert Raiswell (1991). "Pyritization of soft-bodied fossils: Beecher's Trilobite Bed, Upper Ordovician, New...

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Arkonips
Sabtu, 2021-10-23 11:04:59

known from the pyritized specimens in the Hungry Hollow Formation of Ontario, Canada. Farrell, U. C.; Briggs, D. E.G (2007). "A pyritized polychaete from...

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Gunflint chert
Senin, 2025-07-21 21:15:02

models include organic residue preservation, fine-grain pyritization, coarse-grain pyritization, carbonate association, and hematite preservation. In organic...

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Lorraine Group
Kamis, 2025-12-04 04:59:12

Farrell, Úna C., et al., Beyond Beecher's Trilobite Bed: Widespread pyritization of soft tissues in the Late Ordovician Taconic foreland basin, Geology...

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Euxinia
Jumat, 2025-11-07 00:13:09

been found in the Animike group in Canada that exhibit close to full pyritization on top of the last of the banded iron formations, showing evidence of...

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Beecher's Trilobite Bed
Minggu, 2025-09-21 18:32:05

Machine Derek E.G. Briggs; Simon H. Bottrell; Robert Raiswell (1991). "Pyritization of soft-bodied fossils: Beecher's Trilobite Bed, Upper Ordovician, New...

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La Voulte-sur-Rhône (lagerstätte)
Rabu, 2026-04-15 02:07:04

Slate, La Voulte-sur-Rhône is the only other locality where extensive pyritization of soft parts occurs. However, pyritisation is not the only preservation...

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Uranium ore
Jumat, 2026-05-15 09:19:21

mainly post-ore effects. Other post-depositional alteration includes pyritization, silicification, and alteration of titanium minerals. The most prominent...

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Mount Rücker
Jumat, 2026-05-22 10:25:19

4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Mount Rücker. A band of extremely hard pyritized shale is exposed in the saddle/pass, and when hit by a hammer the rock...

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Namacalathus
Jumat, 2026-04-24 04:57:31

Early Cambrian. Shore et al. (2021) reported the first three-dimensional, pyritized preservation of soft tissue in Namacalathus hermanastes from the Nama...

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Mount Pico de Loro
Minggu, 2026-05-24 23:45:11

formation of chlorite and epidote. Generally, moderate silicification and pyritization occur along shear zones. This unit appears to be equivalent to Wolfe...

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Cloudinidae
Minggu, 2026-05-17 21:40:13

classify them as members of any broader grouping. In 2020, a new study of pyritized specimens from the Wood Canyon Formation in Nevada showed the presence...

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Cornus piggae
Senin, 2025-05-26 03:35:04

two species, C. ettingshausenii and C. multilocularis are known from pyritized fruits found in sediments of the London Clay in England. C. piggae is...

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2019 in paleomalacology
Selasa, 2026-02-03 18:54:28

Jürgen Bockwinkel; Dieter Korn; Karl Josef Herd (2019). "An assemblage of pyritized middle Famennian ammonoids from the Velbert Anticline (Rhenish Mountains)"...

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Graptolite
Jumat, 2026-04-24 15:52:39

the specimen to the light they reveal themselves as a shiny marking. Pyritized graptolite fossils are also found. A well-known locality for graptolite...

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Loligo
Senin, 2025-05-26 03:03:07

species Loligo applegatei are known from the early Eocene. In addition, a pyritized imprint of a Loligo squid is known from the Oligocene of Krasnodar, Russia...

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Myopsida
Senin, 2026-05-18 07:22:51

Cretaceous of Japan, dating back to the earliest Cenomanian. In addition, a pyritized Loligo fossil is known from the Oligocene of Russia, marking the earliest...

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Arumberia
Rabu, 2026-03-04 10:10:48

it has been suggested that diagenic silicification, ferrugination or pyritization can provide critical fossil rigidity during burial which supports the...

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Saarina
Sabtu, 2025-12-20 05:45:26

preserved in the form of flat pyrite ribbons as a result of superficial pyritization in the early stage of organic decomposition. Saarina tubes were cylindrical...

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List of lagerstätten
Kamis, 2026-06-04 03:37:31

Derek E.G. (2009-10-01). "Beyond Beecher's Trilobite Bed: Widespread pyritization of soft tissues in the Late Ordovician Taconic foreland basin". Geology...

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Megacheira
Rabu, 2026-05-27 23:33:13

Robert J.; Mai, Huijuan; Clark, Elizabeth G.; Liu, Yu (October 2024). "A pyritized Ordovician leanchoiliid arthropod". Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub...

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Pseudomorph
Selasa, 2025-08-19 22:36:42

of the remains by mineral matter. Examples include petrified wood and pyritized gastropod shells. In biology, a pseudomorph is a cloud of mucus-rich ink...

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Ammolite
Rabu, 2026-04-22 08:57:54

(35.5 inches) in diameter, the iridescent ammonites (as opposed to the pyritized variety) are typically much smaller. Most fossilized shells have had their...

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Francevillian biota
Senin, 2026-02-09 23:32:25

Examples of supposed pyritized macrofossil assemblages from El Albani et al., 2014...

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Dengying Formation
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 21:34:51

only a negative or positive print "death mask" of the organism is made, Pyritization as seen in the Gaojiashan Biota where any organic parts of the organisms...

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Cycliomedusa
Minggu, 2026-05-24 16:22:35

films, and then the second being that thin tissues preserving through pyritization and then being exposed as iron red films after oxidation. Cycliomedusa...

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Melonites (echinoderm)
Selasa, 2026-05-19 02:20:50

Jürgen Bockwinkel; Dieter Korn; Karl Josef Herd (2019). "An assemblage of pyritized middle Famennian ammonoids from the Velbert Anticline (Rhenish Mountains)"...

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Vampyronassa
Sabtu, 2025-05-24 03:31:23

Vampyronassa Temporal range: Middle Jurassic Pyritized fossil of Vampyronassa rhodanica from Voulte-sur-Rhône, France. Scientific classification Kingdom:...

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Burgess Shale-type preservation
Minggu, 2026-04-12 04:56:24

Preservation in the Chengjiang is similar, but with the addition of a pyritization mechanism, which seems to be the primary way in which soft tissue was...

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Primary mineral
Senin, 2025-08-18 01:44:31

alteration of the host rocks. These alterations include; silicification, pyritization, sericitization, chloritization, carbonate alteration, tourmalinization...

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Hildoceras bifrons
Minggu, 2026-01-18 14:57:50

Hildoceras bifrons pyritized, Toarcian from Aveyron, France. Max Rouger Collection....

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Windom shale
Kamis, 2026-05-07 04:11:19

a dysaerobic zone being the pyrite beds, where fossils are very often pyritized. The erosion of the ancient Acadian mountains to the east was a large...

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Rutgersella
Senin, 2025-03-31 03:07:15

symmetry like Dickinsonia, but with a shorter midline. The fossils are pyritized; some internal chambers are filled with chalcedony, so that they are preserved...

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Asiatosuchus
Minggu, 2026-05-03 01:10:10

it was not thoroughly described. The fossil has since become heavily pyritized, losing much of its original anatomical detail. After its naming, several...

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Coal ball
Sabtu, 2025-11-22 03:23:50

JSTOR 3626215. Chitaley, Shya (1985). "A New Technique for Thin Sections of Pyritized Permineralizations". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 45 (3–4):...

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Palaeopantopus
Kamis, 2026-04-09 23:33:42

sections, with possible trace of gut suggest a terminal anus. However, the pyritization used to claim this is also found in the ovigers and palps (which never...

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Coneto de Comonfort
Sabtu, 2025-10-18 11:37:51

hydrothermal alteration zones, including kaolinitization, silicification, and pyritization. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados...

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Geology of the Jura Massif
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 23:35:44

platform environment evolving into an open marine setting rich in sometimes pyritized ammonites. Finally, the Poncin Member (Cenomanian) is again marly and...

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Lomankus
Sabtu, 2026-04-04 04:07:03

Machine Derek E.G. Briggs; Simon H. Bottrell; Robert Raiswell (1991). "Pyritization of soft-bodied fossils: Beecher's Trilobite Bed, Upper Ordovician, New...

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Perimecturus
Kamis, 2025-10-02 22:46:49

by Belgian carcinologist and paleontologist Victor van Straelen from pyritized remains found near Liège, Belgium. It was moved to the genus Gorgonophontes...

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Shuhai Xiao
Senin, 2026-05-25 09:30:41

for Neoproterozoic-Palaeozoic exceptional fossil preservation through pyritization and carbonaceous compression". Nature Communications. 5 (1) 5754. Bibcode:2014NatCo...

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Acid sulfate soil
Kamis, 2025-10-30 10:29:49

that also refer to the formation or transformation of sulfides (e.g., pyritization). Similarly, 'sulfidic material' should not be used interchangeably with...

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Yohoia
Rabu, 2026-02-04 03:47:00

Robert J.; Mai, Huijuan; Clark, Elizabeth G.; Liu, Yu (2024-12-02). "A pyritized Ordovician leanchoiliid arthropod". Current Biology. 34 (23): 5578–5586...

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Phyllodocida
Kamis, 2025-10-02 21:26:26

PMID 31337310. Farrell, Úna C; Briggs, Derek E.G (22 February 2007). "A pyritized polychaete from the Devonian of Ontario". Proceedings of the Royal Society...

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Nelomites
Kamis, 2026-05-21 14:25:04

Jürgen Bockwinkel; Dieter Korn; Karl Josef Herd (2019). "An assemblage of pyritized middle Famennian ammonoids from the Velbert Anticline (Rhenish Mountains)"...

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Boyle Group
Rabu, 2026-04-22 20:47:23

is wither a rugose coral reef structure or a shale bed, with abundant pyritized burrows. The Beechwood unit lies about the Kiddville. This sequence is...

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Triarthrus
Senin, 2025-05-26 23:39:52

Hegna, Thomas A.; Martin, Markus J.; Darroch, Simon A.F. (March 2017). "Pyritized in situ trilobite eggs from the Ordovician of New York (Lorraine Group):...

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Uranium mining in the Elliot Lake area
Senin, 2026-04-20 07:35:41

Lake supplied 90% of the uranium used in Ontario. Mined ore consisted of pyritized quartz conglomerate with 0.1% to 0.2% uranium. The ore was acid leached...

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Natural History Museum, Pavia
Selasa, 2026-05-26 02:09:40

Ichthyosaurus (Ichthyosaurus quadriscissus) from the Mesozoic era, a pyritized crinoid from the genus Pentacrinus, as well as a complete skeleton of...

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Jianfengia
Kamis, 2026-01-15 23:40:43

; Ran, R.; O'Flynn, R. J.; Mai, H.; Clark, E. G.; Liu, Y. (2024). "A pyritized Ordovician leanchoiliid arthropod". Current Biology. 34 (23): 5578–5586...

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Wood Canyon Formation
Senin, 2026-04-27 10:24:25

or even a new genus. Enigmatic tubular fossils Unapplicable Various pyritized tubular forms ranging from 0.3 to 7 cm in length and 1 to 5 mm in diameter...

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La Voulte-sur-Rhône
Kamis, 2026-02-26 22:08:07

Also found at the site are ophiuroids, crustaceans, fish, and other pyritized specimens. The exceptional preservation of the fossils at this site is...

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Helenodora
Sabtu, 2026-04-04 15:01:44

some lobe-like relief, while the one in the paratype was smaller and pyritized. Later research disputed this interpretation. In their reanalysis of the...

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Kettle Point Formation
Senin, 2025-09-22 21:50:16

less commonly ostracods, scolecodonts, arenaceous foraminiferans, and pyritized radiolarians and sponge spicules have also been observed. Rare megafossils...

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Paleobiota of the Posidonia Shale
Jumat, 2026-05-15 03:51:14

of the Black Forest High), especially the lower semicelatum subzone, pyritized individual needles of silica sponges (Demospongiae and Hexactinellida)...

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Java Group
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 23:40:37

millimeters thick. Sections of the Hanover are bioturbated. There are a few pyritized burrows and structures. The upper Kellwasser bed is also found in this...

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Paleobiota of the London Clay
Sabtu, 2025-09-20 05:17:10

subalata †Spondiaecarpon operculatum - according to several botanists, the pyritized specimens, originally described as Spondiaecarpon operculatum, represent...

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Gorgonophontes
Kamis, 2025-09-25 02:46:33

Victor van Straelen described nine fossil specimens made up mostly of pyritized material on black shale, which were collected from lower Westphalian-aged...

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Posidonia Shale
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 10:50:08

Steirmannia radiata and Dactylioceras semieelatum. This section is marked by pyritized lagerstätten fossils, which are limited to certain areas (Dotternhausen...

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2019 in paleontology
Selasa, 2026-04-07 07:39:04

billion-year-old fossils belonging to the Francevillian biota of Gabon, including pyritized string-shaped structures interpreted as produced by a multicellular or...

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2023 in paleontology
Selasa, 2026-04-28 23:29:21

Barling, N.; Saleh, F.; Ma, X. (2023). "A unique record of prokaryote cell pyritization". Geology. 51 (11): 1062–1066. Bibcode:2023Geo....51.1062B. doi:10.1130/G51352...

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Machaeridia (annelid)
Jumat, 2025-06-13 17:19:35

1111/1475-4983.00172. Hogstrom, A. E.S.; Briggs, D. E.G.; Bartels, C. (2009). "A pyritized lepidocoleid machaeridian (Annelida) from the Lower Devonian Hunsruck...

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2021 in paleontology
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 01:11:38

et al. (2021). Shore et al. (2021) report the first three-dimensional, pyritized preservation of soft tissue in Namacalathus hermanastes from the Nama...

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2024 in arthropod paleontology
Kamis, 2026-05-21 14:06:52

; Ran, R.; O'Flynn, R. J.; Mai, H.; Clark, E. G.; Liu, Y. (2024). "A pyritized Ordovician leanchoiliid arthropod". Current Biology. 34 (23): 5578–5586...

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Hungry Hollow Formation
Rabu, 2025-12-03 20:40:38

stratigraphic units in Ontario Farrell, U. C.; Briggs, D. E.G (2007). "A pyritized polychaete from the Devonian of Ontario". Proceedings of the Royal Society...

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2017 in arthropod paleontology
Rabu, 2025-11-05 21:11:36

PMID 28074858. Thomas A. Hegna; Markus J. Martin; Simon A.F. Darroch (2017). "Pyritized in situ trilobite eggs from the Ordovician of New York (Lorraine Group):...

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Bodie Mine
Kamis, 2026-04-16 12:19:04

stringers or veinlets separated by narrow bands of highly altered and pyritized andesite/dacite. The ore consists of microscopic particles of free gold...

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