[Rockhounds] Arthropod entombment in weathering-formed opal - Indonesia - Cicada

[Paul]

Fossilized Cicada Entombed In Opal Reveals Precious
Gems Can Contain Ancient Life
Rachael Funnell, IFL_Science, October 7, 2023
https://www.iflscience.com/fossilized-cicada-entombed-in-opal-reveals-precious-gems-can-contain-ancient-life-57413

Rare Fossil Reveals Cicada Entombed in Opal
An insect trapped in a precious gem points to new places to search for 
ancient life
Carolyn Wilke, Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare-fossil-reveals-cicada-entombed-in-opal1/

The open access paper is:

Chauviré, B., Houadria, M., Donini, A. et al. Arthropod
entombment in weathering-formed opal: new horizons
for recording life in rocks. Sci Rep 10, 10575 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67412-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67412-9/

Yours,

Paul H.