Petrified Wood Slab

Petrified Wood SlabPerhaps the most well known fossil material in the world, petrified wood is not wood at all but rather the fossilized remnants of trees from millions of years ago. Tree trunks, limbs, and branches that died under conditions that favor fossilization gradually become replaced with minerals until what remains is a replica of the original piece of wood consisting entirely of mineral material. Like the trees they capture the form of, each is unique and

vast shoals of freshwater fish inhabited a large shallow inland sea across the American West

These large

these individual “grapes” can range in color from turquoise to deep purple

highly variable Chalcedony spheres are almost geode-like in appearance and one can clearly see the process of geode or agate formation in progress in each specimen

Due to its incredibly vivid and deep coloration

chunky fluorite crystals conceals a brilliant secret deep within the lustrous azure surfaces: shiny pyrite formations at the base of the crystals

5" Weight- 16

Each contains at least one (most several) clearly visible insect

it is not uncommon for insects and other small animals to become trapped within tree sap

Metacanthian Trilibite from the Mid Devonian Period

Approx size of fossil - 4

Malachite has been mined for both use in copper tools and for ornamentation and jewelry