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

Depending on the minerals present during fossilization

Aquamarine is a form of Beryl crystal long sought after as a gem and precious stone due to its beautiful blue-green hue and clarity

The effect of this is a remarkable shimmer of gold shining through the blue facets of the fluorite

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

Azurite is a striking copper-based mineral found in shades of deep blue to vivid green

A relatively new and exciting addition to the mineral world

Pure fluorite is clear

These specimens of Mosasaur (Mosasaurus anceps) teeth are embedded in matrix

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

from the Cambrian age

often radiating outward from a central axis

These unique