Rose Calcite

Rose Calcite

which over the course of millions of years becomes solid while retaining the semitransparent yellowish hue of tree sap

Aquamarine is a form of Beryl crystal long sought after as a gem and precious stone due to its beautiful blue-green hue and clarity

Pure fluorite is clear

The spectacular display of colors these specimens display can be formed by two different geological processes: the oxidation of pyrite causing ultra-thin layers of iron oxide to form on the surface

Measurement is of box

these calymene trilobites are common in south eastern Tazzarine region of Morocco

Azurite has been sought after since ancient times as a gem and for use in blue pigment

Paradoxides sp

This preglabellar ring (head shield) is covered in many sensory pits which may have held hairlike features when the trilobite was alive

pyrite is an abundant sulfide mineral that despite some similarities can easily be distinguished from actual gold by its crystal form (typically cuboidal) and being much harder whereas gold is soft and malleable

so much that the local tribes people used to use these mudstones as currency in trade and other daily life

incredibly brilliant pyrite and chalcopyrite