by sysadmin | May 23, 2016 | Blog
Paradise Forks- Williams, Arizona. Paradise Forks is a basaltic region on the Mogollon Rim near Parks, Arizona; about 20miles west of Flagstaff. The area is in Sycamore Canyon at a point where the canyon is actually a Y-shaped confluence of drainages. Paradise Forks...
by sysadmin | May 23, 2016 | Blog
Petrified Palm- Catahoula Formation. Fayette County, La Grange, Texas. Oligocene Epoch: 33.9-23 Million Years Ago, 4.5″ across
by sysadmin | May 22, 2016 | Blog
Neanderthal “Slipper Hand Axe” – Düssel, Rhine River, Düsseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. 55,000- 30,000 years ago 8.5cm x 5.5cm
by sysadmin | May 21, 2016 | Blog
Petrified wood-Sequoia- Saddle Mountain, Washington. Miocene epoch 5″ across
by sysadmin | May 20, 2016 | Blog
Malachite Stalactite slice- Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Province, D.R. Congo. 3.75″ across
by sysadmin | May 19, 2016 | Blog
Gem Dinosaur bone with agate fortifications- Colorado Plateau. Hanksville, Utah. 3.5″ across Stunning specimen of gembone with very large Agate cells. From good friend Bob Finnell.
by sysadmin | May 18, 2016 | Blog
Petrified wood with boring holes- “Teredo wood” Volga RIver, Village of Gorodishche, Ulyanovsk, Russia. Cretaceous period 110 mya. 15.25″x 9.25″ … A fantastic rip cut slab of “Teredo” bored wood with Pyrite filling all the...
by sysadmin | May 17, 2016 | Blog
Cerussite- Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia 8.2 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm. This specimen came out of Irv Brown’s noted Tsumeb collection. Cerussite is a lead carbonate mineral, usually found in the oxidized zone of lead ore deposits. Due...
by sysadmin | May 16, 2016 | Blog
Petrified wood- Araucarioxylon arizonicum-close up. Chinle Formation, Holbrook, Arizona. Triassic period. 225 mya
by sysadmin | May 15, 2016 | Blog
Petrified tree fern-Calamites- Shoal Creek Mine, Blue Creek Seam, 1500 foot depth, Adger, Alabama. Carboniferous period – 359.2 Mya – 299.0 Mya. 14″ x 8″ Calamites is a genus of extinct arborescent (tree-like) horsetails to which the modern...
