Copper

CopperA widespread and industrially important mineral, copper has been used by humans as ornamentation, tools, and as a precious metal for thousands of years. The word copper originates from the latin for the island of Cyprus, where early very productive copper mines supplied much of the ancient world with the material. Copper is a so called native metal, which means it naturally occurs in its metallic form. Natural copper is relatively soft and often found

While in its sticky gel state

Amethyst has been sought after since ancient times as a gemstone and decorative object

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

large calcite crystals and the dusting of fine gold from the pyrite is unique to specimens from this specific region of China and have not been found anywhere else

There are 5 on this plate for reference of what they look like

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

Paradoxides sp

from the Cambrian age

Amethyst is a form of Quartz which gets its beautiful purple tint from the substitution of silicone for iron due to irradiation

Approx size of fossil - 4

The unique combination of smoky

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