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

Colored fluorite clusters atop candle quartz bases are some of the most distinctive mineral specimens to originate from the mines of Inner Mongolia

This unique specimen consists of a dense formation of thick

Known for its beautiful prismatic crystals

Fluorite crystals are well shaped

from the middle Miocene around 12-16 million years ago

A relatively new and exciting addition to the mineral world

fluorite specimens have been prized since ancient times and are now among the most popular minerals in the collecting world

this piece consists of beautifully colored cluster of purple octohedral fluorite on a thick base of candle quartz - so named for the appearance of wax dripping down a candle down the crystal face

Metacanthian Trilibite from the Mid Devonian Period

and because of this they are one of the most frequently found vertebrate fossils on earth

incredibly brilliant pyrite and chalcopyrite

These incredible specimens of natural uncut aquamarine from Mount Little Xuebaoding in Sichuan