Surely you've seen fossils in museums, but what about this: opalized
dinosaur tooth. Opalized fossils occur when silica settled into cracks
in the dinosaur bone and then hardened into opal. This one above is a
particularly fantastic specimen: an opalized
theropod dinosaur tooth from the Australian Museum.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Opalized Dinosaur Tooth
Surely you've seen fossils in museums, but what about this: opalized
dinosaur tooth. Opalized fossils occur when silica settled into cracks
in the dinosaur bone and then hardened into opal. This one above is a
particularly fantastic specimen: an opalized
theropod dinosaur tooth from the Australian Museum.
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