Fish Fossil - Knightia Eoceana

Fish Fossil - Knightia EoceanaDuring the Eocene, 40 50 million years ago, vast shoals of freshwater fish inhabited a large shallow inland sea across the American West. The herring like fish of the genus Knightia were far and away the most abundant freshwater fish during this era, and because of this they are one of the most frequently found vertebrate fossils on earth. Originating from the famed Green River Formation in Wyoming, fossils of Knightia eocaena and their close

It is found in a vast array of forms

From the Ordovician age

honey gold Barite crystals atop a base of verdant green and purple Fluorite

This naturally occurring form of relatively common pyrite remains highly sought after by collectors as a specimen or for use as a gem or in jewelry

These remarkable yellow fluorite crystals originate from China and range in color from rich honey to pastel gold

The “Benz” part of the name comes from the tip of some calcite crystals which have a clearly defined three-pointed star of pyrite

Beautifully preserved on slabs of flat shale

Not technically an agate

often radiating outward from a central axis

With a dazzling array of colors and crystal structures

first on the surface and then from the glittering pyrite within

The word copper originates from the latin for the island of Cyprus