by sysadmin | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
Happy Birthday Chelyabinsk. Chelyabinsk impact melt breccia meteorite- Chelyabinsk region, Southern Urals, Russia. Fell February 15th , 2013, 9:20 am local time. LL5 Chondrite. … 13 grams. 100% fusion crust. With an estimated initial mass of about 12,000–13,000...
by sysadmin | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
Rhodochrosite, Shigaite, Gageite- N’Chwaning Mine II, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa. 6 cm tall. Gem scalenohedral Rhodochrosite crystals atop pink Rhodochrosite.The terminations are needle like and sharp, transparent and gemmy turning amber right at...
by sysadmin | Feb 14, 2016 | Blog
Petrified wood-Angiosperm- West Sahara in the Northern Region between Laayonne and Boujdour. 5″ across Petrified wood-Angiosperm- West Sahara in the Northern Region between Laayonne and Boujdour. 5″ across
by sysadmin | Feb 13, 2016 | Blog
Cassiterite- Cornwall, England. 3.1cm x 2.5cm x 1.5cm Ex. Baron Collection Ex. Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817-1897)… Ex. Musee d’Histoire Naturelle Ex. Dr. Mark N. Feinglos Collection Ex. David E. Ellis Collection. A historic, 19th century cassiterite from...
by sysadmin | Feb 12, 2016 | Blog
Petrified wood-Osage Orange (Maclura sp.)- Ricardo Formation, Last Chance Canyon, near Mojave, California. Pliocene epoch. 4 inches across Collected in the 1950’s… In the 1970s this area was incorporated into Red Rock Canyon State Park, making any...
by sysadmin | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog
Native Gold with Azurite, Malachite, and Chrysocolla- Blue Bell Mine, Mystery Hill Mine group, Swansea, Santa Maria District, Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona. 5.5 cm across This specimen consists of a mass of dense, heavily silicified chrysocolla that hosts a...
