The pearl, discovered at a fossil quarry in Richmond, Australia, is estimated to be 100 million years old. Michelle Johnston Over 100 million years ago, long before the extinction of land-dwelling ...

The Kronosaurus Korner Museum in Richmond, Queensland, recently put a 100-million-year-old fossil pearl on display. The marble-sized calcite sphere, roughly two centimetres across, emerged during a ...

Over 100 million years ago, long before the extinction of land-dwelling dinosaurs, there lived a group of massive clams called Inoceramus. With some species having shells up to 6.5 feet wide, they ...