Fish Fossil - Syngnathus sp. (Pipefish)

Fish Fossil - Syngnathus sp. (Pipefish)Pipefish are a widespread group of tropical marine and freshwater fish most closely related to the more well known seahorses. Their unique elongated and heavily armored bodies along with their tube like snouts make pipefish, both extinct and modern, almost unmistakable for any other species. These well preserved and larger sized fossils originate from the Monterey Formation in California, from the middle Miocene around 12 16 million years ago. Each

This unique specimen consists of a dense formation of thick

It is found in a vast array of forms

Copper is a so-called native metal

They were recovered from deposits in Morocco and date back to the late Cretaceous Period

from prismatic crystals to fibrous wisps

The price for this piece is for 2 individual pieces of ruby

the Creede Quadrangle in Colorado

Incredible specimens of natural uncut aquamarine from Mount Little Xuebaoding in Sichuan

exceptional collector's pieces

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

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

where some truly impressive specimens like this very rarely emerge from the mines