Limb Cast with and Agate fortifications

by | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog

Limb Cast with and Agate fortifications- China. 7.25″ across. Limb Casts are created when agate is deposited in cavities formed by tree branches covered by volcanic ash. The wood burns away after being covered by the hot ash. Under the right conditions agate...

Petrified palm with agate fortifications

by | Mar 24, 2016 | Blog

Petrified palm with agate fortifications- Palmoxylon- Green River Formation, Big Sandy Reservoir, Wyoming. Eocene epoch. – 50 mya . 8″ across polished face; 7″ tall … This fine specimen has 3 fronds protruding from the...

Pink Chalcedony "Cup

by | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog

Pink Chalcedony “Cup”- (sometimes known as a Chalcedony rose) Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. 9 cm x 7 cm Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of the minerals quartz and...

PEBBLE HAND AXE

by | Mar 22, 2016 | Blog

PEBBLE HAND AXE- Grenade- Haute Garonne Terraces, France. Oldowan Period- 600,000 – 400,000 years ago. Material- Quartzite. 12 cm x 12 cm This tool was was fashioned by Homo erectus in the Early Acheulian tradition of the Lower Paleolithic Period.  This tool was...

Cerussite with Langite and Brochantite

by | Mar 22, 2016 | Blog

Cerussite with Langite and Brochantite-Close up- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. This specimen hosts many other mineral specimens as well including Quartz, Pyrite and Tennantite.

Petrified wood

by | Mar 21, 2016 | Blog

Petrified wood- Dockum Formation, Canadian River, Amarillo, Texas Triassic period. 7.5″ across