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 a relatively soft mineral

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

delicate crystalline formations

where early very productive copper mines supplied much of the ancient world with the material

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Pure Aragonite is typically colorless or white

This mineral forms in a similar fashion to agates and geodes but due to heat and pressure at the time of formation results in a distinct look and almost silky texture

flat barite crystals arranged in densely packed rosettes in hues of rose

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

Flexycalymene Trilobite Fossils (Flexicalymene ouzregui) are approx