• Specularite Standup (S5)

    Notes specific to this specimen: This piece has a flat sawn bottom so that it stands up nicely.  Multiple layers of specularite with interbedded red jasper, showing the classic layering characteristic of Banded Iron Formation (BIF).  Glittery surfaces on both sides.  A very unique and interesting shape with multiple BIF layers. 

     

    SIZE: 6″ x 4″ x 2″

     
    Minerals: Hematite and Magnetite
    Age: Paleoproterozoic – 2.2 billion years
    Unit: Negaunee Iron Formation
    Site: Marquette County, Michigan

     

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Specularite Standup (S4)

    Notes specific to this specimen: This piece has a flat sawn bottom so that it stands up nicely.  Multiple layers of specularite with interbedded red jasper, showing the classic layering characteristic of Banded Iron Formation (BIF).  Glittery surfaces on both sides.  Thick piece with several bands shown in cross section on sawn edge 

     

    SIZE: 7″ x 3″ x 3″

     
    Minerals: Hematite and Magnetite
    Age: Paleoproterozoic – 2.2 billion years
    Unit: Negaunee Iron Formation
    Site: Marquette County, Michigan

     

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Specularite Standup (S2)

    Notes specific to this specimen: This piece has a flat sawn bottom so that it stands up nicely.  Multiple layers of specularite with interbedded red jasper, showing the classic layering characteristic of Banded Iron Formation (BIF).  Glittery surfaces on both sides.  Nice vertical relief with added thickness and layering a bottom  

     

    SIZE: 6″ x 2″ x 2″

     
    Minerals: Hematite and Magnetite
    Age: Paleoproterozoic – 2.2 billion years
    Unit: Negaunee Iron Formation
    Site: Marquette County, Michigan

     

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Specularite Standup (S1)

    Notes specific to this specimen: This piece has a flat sawn bottom so that it stands up nicely.  Multiple layers of specularite with interbedded red jasper, showing the classic layering characteristic of Banded Iron Formation (BIF).  Glittery surfaces on both sides.

     

    SIZE: 3″ x 4″ x 1.5″

     

    Minerals: Hematite and Magnetite
    Age: Paleoproterozoic – 2.2 billion years
    Unit: Negaunee Iron Formation
    Site: Marquette County, Michigan

     

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Crystalized Welks (W4)

    Notes specific to this specimen: Fossil welks are much rarer than the clams found at Rucks Pit and most of them have no crystals. But, when you do find a nice crystal-line specimen, there’s nothing like it in the world! Here we have a nice natural window on the top side of the shell exposing beautiful gemmy dog-tooth calcite crystals on the inside. Also has a well-defined protoconch (the “tip” where the shell began). They don’t get much better than this!

     

    SIZE: 5″

     

    NAME: Mercenaria permagna
    AGE: Pleistocene 2 million years
    UNIT: Nashua Formation
    SITE: Okeechobee County, Florida

     

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Crystalized Welks (W3)

    Notes specific to this specimen: Fossil welks are much rarer than the clams found at Rucks Pit and most of them have no crystals. But, when you do find a nice crystal-line specimen, there’s nothing like it in the world! Here we have a nice matrix specimen with a natural opening on the side of the shell exposing gemmy dog-tooth calcite crystals. They don’t get much better than this!

    SIZE: 4″

    NAME: Mercenaria permagna
    AGE: Pleistocene 2 million years
    UNIT: Nashua Formation
    SITE: Okeechobee County, Florida

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Crystalized Welks (W2)

    Notes specific to this specimen: Fossil welks are much rarer than the clams found at Rucks Pit and most of them have no crystals.  But, when you do find a nice crystal-line specimen, there’s nothing like it in the world!  This is a single welk with a natural opening on its dorsal (top) allowing you to see the crystal lining of the shell and the gray sparite “floor” that was the sediment which partially filled the shell after the animal had died.  Very unusual.

    SIZE: 4″

    NAME: Mercenaria permagna
    AGE: Pleistocene 2 million years
    UNIT: Nashua Formation
    SITE: Okeechobee County, Florida

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Fossil Echinoid (YT2)

    Notes specific to this specimen: On rare occasions we find some of these specimens with iron oxide staining that offers a nice contrasting coloration in the shell.  This is a great specimen mounted on its native matrix with sawn-flat bottom.

     

    SIZE: 2″

    NAME: Eupatagus antillarum
    AGE: Eocene – 34 million years
    UNIT: Ocala Limestone
    SITE: Levy County, Florida

     

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Fossil Echinoid (YT1)

    Notes specific to this specimen: On rare occasions, we find some of these specimens with iron oxide staining that offers a nice contrasting coloration in the shell.  This is a great specimen mounted on its native matrix with sawn-flat bottom so it displays nicely.

     

    SIZE: 2″

     

    NAME: Eupatagus antillarum
    AGE: Eocene – 34 million years
    UNIT: Ocala Limestone
    SITE: Levy County, Florida

     

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Crystalized Welks (W1)

    Notes specific to this specimen: At our Rucks Pit site we sometimes come across fossil welks (conchs).  On rare occasions they may be crystalized.  This one has been cut in half to show the great crystal-lined hollow section inside.  Rare find.

     

    SIZE: 5″

     

    NAME: Mercenaria permagna
    AGE: Pleistocene 2 million years
    UNIT: Nashua Formation
    SITE: Okeechobee County, Florida

     

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin. In addition, an attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

  • Agatized Coral (AC12)

    Note: This is a very nice cut and polished pair, mounted on another agatized coral piece that has a flat bottom. Beautiful carnelian agate. An attractive and informative display card accompanies the specimen.

     

    SIZE: 3″x 6″

  • Agatized Coral (AC11)

    Note: Beautiful carnelian agate. Segment of a large hollow piece with small flat bottom so it sits as shown.

     

    SIZE: 6″x 7″

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