Learning that a shiny rock is fool’s gold rather than the valuable mineral is generally cause for disappointment. But for scientists who discovered a new 450-million-year-old arthropod preserved in ...

The ancient, gilt creatures represent a new species, and hint at the anatomy of an iconic group of arthropods.

A new 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod, preserved in 3D by iron pyrite (fool’s gold), has been unveiled by scientists. The new species, Lomankus edgecombei, is distantly related to spiders ...

Named Lomankus edgecombei, the arthropod is a remarkably bright golden color because it’s preserved in three dimensions by iron pyrite — a mineral better known as fool’s gold. The fossil ...

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

The limited air allowed for iron pyrite, or fool’s gold, to replace parts of its body after it was buried, creating the perfect formula for a gold 3D fossil. The megacheiran was found in upstate ...

You may think you’ve struck it rich before the gold stones disappointingly flake apart in your hands. The stones are made of iron pyrite, commonly called fool’s gold, and look deceptively ...

Fool's gold is another name for iron pyrite - a mineral that can appear shiny and golden. It is also very good at preserving fossils. The fossil was discovered at a site in New York State in the US ...

Pyrite is often dismissed as “fool’s gold” but this mineral creates some of the most stunning crystals in nature. Walk into ...