[Rockhounds] Fossil Fish and Rare Earth Deposits

[Paul]

Fossilized fish could indicate rich deposits of
valuable rare-earth metals by University of Tokyo
PhysOrg, June 18. 2020
https://phys.org/news/2020-06-fossilized-fish-rich-deposits-valuable.html

Fish fossils become buried treasure. Fossilized
fish could indicate rich deposits of valuable
rare-earth metals by University of Tokyo, June 18. 2020
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/uot-ffb061720.php

The paper is:

Junichiro Ohta, Kazutaka Yasukawa, Tatsuo
Nozaki, Yutaro Takaya, Kazuhide Mimura,
Koichiro Fujinaga, Kentaro Nakamura, Yoichi
Usui, Jun-Ichi Kimura, Qing Chang, and Yasuhiro
Kato. Fish proliferation and rare-earth deposition
by topographically induced upwelling at the
late Eocene cooling event. Scientific Reports.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66835-8

Yours,

Paul H.