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

They were recovered from deposits in Morocco and date back to the late Cretaceous Period

Aquamarine has a hexagonal crystal structure and is highly prismatic

It rarely occurs in crystal form but is often found in botryoidal or fibrous formations

While in its sticky gel state

Our specimens consist of fine crystals spread across a matrix in shades of both blue and green

The “Benz” part of the name comes from the tip of some calcite crystals which have a clearly defined three-pointed star of pyrite

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

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

which means it naturally occurs in its metallic form

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

Flexycalymene Trilobite Fossils (Flexicalymene ouzregui) are approx

Kataoua formation