Calcite Stalactite

Calcite Stalactite

It is found in a wide range of shades from deep purple to pale violet and even pink

521 million years old

where early very productive copper mines supplied much of the ancient world with the material

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

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

Approx 420 million years old

with box - 8

with nodules and delicate filigree-like branches

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 unique combination of smoky

resulting from the oxidation of its copper and sulfide components