This is so cool! I had know idea that Opal could do this.
I thought those massive slabs of opal were like, an opalized ribcage or some kind of organ at first glance
oh man i mean its possible ! opal is interesting in that its formed by silica deposits thatre carried into cracks and openings of other things by water, that then evaporate over time into different forms of this
and what That means is that entire bodies of organic matter can eventually be replaced by opal if they meet the right conditions, including bone ! australia especially has HUGE deposits of opalized fossils, like this dinosaur tooth
or this cleoniceras shell
or all these pinecones, even
or an entire damn pliosaur skeleton - finding something in this condition though is REALLY unlikely, to the point where if you wanna snag a genuine opalized dinosaur tooth its gonna cost you a uhhhh not insignificant amount
That is amazing. Bowie was a character but a humble one at that, and he had some class.
Wow, just wow...
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tbh the most unrealistic thing in harry potter is when mrs weasley in the first book asks “now what’s the platform number?”
like this woman has been going to that school for seven years and then dropped kids off on the same place for nearly ten like why on earth would she forget the platform number
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