Spessartine

Spessartine

chunky fluorite crystals conceals a brilliant secret deep within the lustrous azure surfaces: shiny pyrite formations at the base of the crystals

From the Upper Ordovician Period - Ashgill Stage - Ktaoua Formation

flat barite crystals arranged in densely packed rosettes in hues of rose

Approx 420 million years old

5" Weight- 16

Calcite is a form of Calcium Carbonate and is one of the primary components in limestone

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

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

Amber is the fossilized resinous tree sap from conifer trees

During the Eocene

Each of these large and completely unique formations from the famed Dachang Mine in China features incredible character and high metallic shine

Found in a variety of shapes and colors