Fossil-Containing Spherical Concretion (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Fossil-Containing Spherical Concretion

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Concretion formed by very rapid reaction of carbon from the fossilized organism (ghost shrimp: ca. 16 million years old) with calcium ions of the surrounding seawater.

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Hidekazu Yoshida

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