by sysadmin | Jan 9, 2016 | Blog
Limb cast – Yellow Cat Flat, Morrison Formation, Yellowcat Mining District, Grand Co. Utah. 5.25″ across. Collected in the early 1950’s
by sysadmin | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog
Malachite with Shattuckite, Quartz, & Dioptase- Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia. 4 cm across Ex. Charlie Key This specimen consists of a deep green spray of chunky, robust primary malachite crystals that are aesthetically accented by numerous blue balls...
by sysadmin | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog
Fossil sphenopsid, Annularia Stellata- Pennsylvanian deposits. Mazon Creek locality, Francis Creek Shale, Coal City, Illinois. Pennsylvanian period 300 mya. 6″ across Annularia are the leaf whorls of an extinct horsetail,...
by sysadmin | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog
Eosphorite & Zanazziite on Quartz- Ilha Claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 3.5 cm across. This specimen consists of a tabular, doubly terminated crystal of quartz that serves as a matrix for attractive sprays of eosphorite...
by sysadmin | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog
Marattiaceous fern- Tuvichapteris- Paraná Basin, Paraguay. Permian Period. 17″ x 6″ The Parana Basin is the largest intracratonic basin of South America, mainly developed in Brazil and the eastern region of Paraguay. It extends southward to northern...
by sysadmin | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog
Trilobite-Phacops speculator- Hamar Laghdad Formation, Alnif , Morocco 400-380 mya. Trilobite is 5″ long. I acquired this specimen when I was a young boy. (30+ years ago)
by sysadmin | Jan 3, 2016 | Blog
Shattuckite with Malachite- Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia. 4 cm across Ex. Charlie Key specimen. This specimen consists of a wonderfully colorful, velvety-looking mass of acicular shattuckite crystals in association with a stout, chunky, deep green crystal...
by sysadmin | Jan 2, 2016 | Blog
Rhodochrosite Pseudomorphs after Fossil… Shells with Selenite- Fundort, Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast’, Ukraine. 4 cm across This specimen hosts two, prominent fossil shells that have been completely replaced by pink Rhodochrosite. The...
by sysadmin | Jan 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Post-mining Azurite Cast after Mining Timber- Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona. 5.5 cm across. This specimen consists of successive layers of post-mining azurite that coated an old mining timber, forming a thick, dense “cast” around...
by sysadmin | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog
Petrified wood-Angiosperm- Camagüey Province, at the southern margin of the Sierra del Chorillo, Najasa Fossil Forest, South Central Cuba. 6″ across. The described “Bosque Fósil de Najasa” (“Najasa Fossil Forest”) is situated in south...
