These unique fossil specimens show excellent articulation and detail of each body segment
and branches that died under conditions that favor fossilization gradually become replaced with minerals until what remains is a replica of the original piece of wood consisting entirely of mineral material
it is instead formally known as botryoidal purple chalcedony
An abundant medium-growing crab species found in the shallow seabed of the middle Miocene Monterey Formation
These incredible collector’s pieces – each one of a kind – feature massive semitransparent calcite crystals
Fluorite Green Megalodon These unique fossil specimens showFluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals, occurring in shades of blue, green, purple, red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed. The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux, or chemical cleaning agent, in iron smelting and other metallurgy. Pure fluorite is clear, but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent. With a