Learning that a shiny rock is fool's gold rather than the valuable mineral is generally cause for disappointment. But for ...

A new 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod, preserved in 3D by iron pyrite (fool’s gold), has been unveiled by scientists.

Most of the fossils that we find in Earth's crust are preserved in sedimentary rock, where layers of mineral cover an ...

A team from the University of Oxford discovered the ancient fossil, preserved in 3D by iron pyrite, at Beecher's Trilobite ...

Fool's gold is another name for iron pyrite - a mineral that can appear shiny and golden. It is also very good at preserving ...

A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool's gold. The new ...

A creature that scuttled along the seafloor 450 million years ago has been preserved in a rare and striking fossil that ...

Researchers have uncovered a golden-colored, 450-million-year-old fossil of a new arthropod species, preserved in fool’s gold ...

A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient creature related to the modern-day spider was recovered encased in fool’s gold in ...

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