PEBBLE HAND AXE

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

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

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

Petrified wood with Clam borings

Petrified wood with Clam borings-Cupressinoxylon sp.- Edwards Formation, Kerr County, Texas. Cretaceous period 100 mya. 8″ across Toredo wood with shipworm boring holes. … Teredo petrified wood is unique because of the “worming” of the original...