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(DSM #10565) This brachiopod has had its shell partially replaced by the mineral pyrite. Pyrite is also known as fool's gold.

(DSM #M410) This Turritellid snail has been completely replaced with the mineral pyrite. Some pyrite nodules have also begun to form and grow.

(unnumbered) Petrified wood often exhibits a combination of replacement and permineralization. This specimen clearly shows how the cell walls have been replaced with minerals. The cells themselves are also filled in some cases.

(DSM #PL58) This section of palm wood very clearly shows how individual cells of an organism can be filled with minerals in the process of permineralization.

(unnumbered) Compression fossils most often form in sedimentary rocks called shales which form in the bottom of lake or sea beds. The same fossil can be seen in both the part and counterpart but different features are often preserved on both sides.…

(DSM #M76 and #M172) These interal casts show the shape of the inside of a cavity such as a shell or brain. When you have an imprint of the outside of an organism it is calleda mold.

(Templeton Museum) This 45 record was given away to visitors to the State Capitol when Governor Ross Barnett was in office.

This digital painting is concept art for a larger world building project. The concept for this world is of a classic high fantasy setting, but all of the magical and mythical elements are actually products of technical engineering. In this image one…

Portrait of Flonzie Brown Wright.