by sysadmin | May 14, 2016 | Blog
GEM NEOLITHIC TANGED ARROW POINT- Sahara desert, Africa 9,000 to 4,000 years ago. 2.1 cm long.
by sysadmin | May 13, 2016 | Blog
Petrified Tree Fern- Northeast Arizona. 9.5″ x 4″ The vivid yellow/gold color in this specimen comes from Uranium. Seldom seen material.
by sysadmin | May 12, 2016 | Blog
Fossil Ginkgo leaves- Sentinel Butte Formation, Morton County, North Dakota. Paleocene – 59 Mya. 9″ across large leaf is 9 cm x 8 cm ; small leaf is 4 cm x 3.5 cm
by sysadmin | May 11, 2016 | Blog
Coconino Lava River Cave- Coconino National Forest, near Flagstaff, Arizona. This mile-long lava tube cave was formed roughly 675,000 years ago by molten rock that erupted from a volcanic vent in nearby Hart Prairie. The top, sides and bottom of the flow cooled and...
by sysadmin | May 10, 2016 | Blog
Azurite nodule with Malachite- Blue Ball Mine, 3 miles south of Miami, Gila County, Arizona. Two halves of a hollow azurite nodule filled with fine, hair-like crystals of green malachite. 3.5 cm across each.
by sysadmin | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Agate House-petrified wood- Petrified Forest National Park Holbrook, Arizona Ancestral Puebloan people used petrified wood for a variety of purposes including tools such as projectile points, knives, and scrapers. Agate House demonstrates another innovative use of...
by sysadmin | May 8, 2016 | Blog
Malachite Stalactite slice- Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Province, D.R. Congo. 3.75″ across
by sysadmin | May 7, 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 6, 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 5, 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...
