When looking at calcite under a microscope, a scientist would immediately recognize the crystalline form of calcium carbonate by its rhombohedral appearance. That is, calcite is shaped like a ...

Along a roadside in Anhui province, eastern China, cannonball-sized fossils recently caught the attention of paleontologists ...

Using single calcite crystals with varying surface roughness allows engineers to simplify the complex physics that describes fault movement. Researchers now show how this simplification may lead to ...

Florida is Not Known for Crystals... THIS is Why it Should Be! Finding Calcite in Fossil Clams! In today's video, PaleoCris and I went to meet up with our buddy Derek to do some rockhounding here in ...

Two cannonball-size dinosaur eggs filled with crystals have been discovered by paleontologists in China. The fossilized, spherical eggs belong to a previously unknown dinosaur species and were found ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

From one angle, the egg appears to be nothing more than a smooth, rounded stone. (Image: He et al., J. Palaeogeogr., 2022) A rare fossil discovery in eastern China has surprised palaeontologists, ...