by sysadmin | Dec 30, 2015 | Blog
Doubly terminated Topaz- Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 7.6cm x 4.6cm x 4.2cm This specimen consists of a large, robust crystal of Topaz in association with a small amount of Cleavlandite. What makes this specimen unique...
by sysadmin | Dec 29, 2015 | Blog
Petrified wood with Fluorite- Chemnitz/Hilbersdorf, Saxony, Germany. 6″ across Chemnitz is one of the most important and beautiful petrified forests in the world! Amongst collectors of petrified wood worldwide the name Chemnitz/Hilbersdorf has a very special...
by sysadmin | Dec 28, 2015 | Blog
Pyromorphite- Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d’Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho. 4 cm tall Pyromorphite is a mineral species composed of lead chlorophosphate: Pb5(PO4)3Cl, sometimes occurring in sufficient abundance to be mined as an...
by sysadmin | Dec 10, 2015 | Blog
McKittrick Tar Pits, Kern County, California. Pliestocene epoch. Leg is 28 cm fully extended. The McKittrick Tar Pits (also McKittrick Oil Seeps and McKittrick Brea Pits) are a series of natural asphalt lakes situated in the western part of Kern County in southern...
by sysadmin | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog
Opalized wood-gymnosperm Arka, Hungary. 7″ across. Arka on the western side of the Zemplen Mountains in eastern Hungary is a true “classic” site. It was around 1850 that large opalized logs were found here and brought to the Imperial Museum of...
