by sysadmin | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog
Petrified wood-Dadoxylon limb with Fluorite- Chemnitz – Hilbersdorf in Saxony, Germany. 18 x 11 cm It was 1743 that David Frenzel was declared “Gemstone Inspector of the Kurfürst”. He discovered a petrified forest and had the petrified wood cut and...
by sysadmin | Jan 5, 2015 | Blog
Remondite & Astrophyllite- Mt. Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada 6 cm x 5 cm Remondite is a very rare mineral named after Physicist Dr. Guy Rémond, physicist, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, Orléans, France, for his work on the physics...
by sysadmin | Jan 4, 2015 | Blog
NEOLITHIC STONE BRACELET- Capsian Tradition Neolithic Sahara Desert, North Africa 8,000-3,500 years ago. 10 cm across This Neolithic bracelet was found on an exposed African Neolithic site in the Sahara Desert in Mali, Northwest Africa. Along with...
by sysadmin | Jan 2, 2015 | Blog
Gem grade Neolithic Quartz points- Sahara desert, Africa 9,000 to 4,000 years ago Neolithic points made of quartz in this quality are quite rare. The earliest blade industry in North Africa is classified as the Oranian or also known as the Ibero-Maurusian Tradition....
by sysadmin | Dec 31, 2014 | Blog
LGF 2014 Year in Review We would to say thank you to everyone who has helped make 2014 a very productive year for the LGF Foundation. 2014 was a busy year for school visits, we enjoyed going into the classrooms and seeing the students interact with our collections. ...
