3D-printed fossils & rocks could transform geology By LiveScience Published November 11, 2013 7:45am EST | Updated October 21, 2015 12:32am EDT ...

Virtual 3D models of ammonite fossils show their muscles for ... collected over 1,800 30-second projections via neutron tomography and used computer software to reconstruct them into 2D slices.

A former petroleum geologist, Hasiuk sees 3D printing as a new way to visualize pore spaces in rocks — the tiny voids where oil, gas and fluids hide. He spent about $3,000 of his startup money ...

But one of the most popular attractions at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting in Denver last week was a 3D printer spitting out fossils, globes and fractured rocks.

Whether they're cracking open rocks or scanning tiny changes in topography, geologists already work in three dimensions. But one of the most popular attractions at the Geological Society of America's ...

But one of the most popular attractions at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting in Denver last week was a 3D printer spitting out fossils, globes and fractured rocks.