Amethyst

AmethystOne of the most widely recognized and unmistakable minerals, Amethyst has been sought after since ancient times as a gemstone and decorative object. Amethyst is a form of Quartz which gets its beautiful purple tint from the substitution of silicone for iron due to irradiation. It is found in a wide range of shades from deep purple to pale violet and even pink, with color intensity usually deepest at the termination or tip of each crystal.

From the Ordovician age

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

The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux

These high quality and exceptional color Chiapan Amber originated in Mexico during the Oligocene

One of the most widely recognized and unmistakable minerals

449 million years old

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

5" Weight- 16

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

Metacanthian Trilibite from the Mid Devonian Period

The word copper originates from the latin for the island of Cyprus

Kataoua formation