👉 Biolith is a term used in geology to describe the fossilized remains of an organism that have been buried within another material such as soil or rock. These remains are typically found in areas where the original organism lived, and they can include skeletons, bones, teeth, and other structures. Bioliths were first described by Robert Hooke in 1657 and are named after the French chemist Louis Pasteur who was awarded a Nobel Prize for his work on bioliths in