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Day 11 of #Museum30: Remember
Minerals can preserve the memories of long dead organisms by replacing original tissue or by forming casts and moulds. Here the internal chambers of an ammonite have been replaced by calcite
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Nadine, Hunter of Rocks 💎 · @NadWGab
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Day 10 of #Museum30: Growth
The fractal growth of manganese dendrites in felsite. These patterns were often mistaken for fossils
Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London
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