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

Found inside of mudstone concretion nodules

While in its sticky gel state

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

Pure fluorite is clear

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

sometimes in the same formations

5" Weight- 16

which means it naturally occurs in its metallic form

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

silky and lustrous texture of these fibrous Malachite specimens combined with the incredibly rich color make them deservedly popular among collectors

and under optimal conditions these insects will be clearly visible within the fossilized amber pieces

Harpes (Scotoharpes) Trilobite