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Potomac Marble Sculpture
Notes specific to this specimen: You won’t find this on the market anywhere! Why? Because we are the only people who excavate and sculpt this beautiful and unusual historic material. Also called Capitol Marble, this Triassic conglomerate is featured as the columns in the US Capitol National Statuary Hall rotunda. They hold up the main Capitol Dome. Interestingly, the location of the quarry where this material was mined was lost for 200 years. But the old quarry site was finally found a few years ago. We visited the site which is along the C & O canal (near milepost 38) in 2024. It hosts the exact same rock we collect for carving at Point of Rocks, some 12 miles upstream where this piece is from. This freeform was sculpted by Jon in 2022 and has a flat bottom for easy display. It features a highly polished partial helix on the front and a contrasting natural back, showing how the rock is found in its rough state.
HOW IT FORMED
Paleozoic mountains that were being uplifted during the Triassic Period as North America and Africa were colliding. About 205 million years ago these rivers carried broken pieces of dolomite into a basin where they were buried. As the layers accumulated in depth, heat and pressure built up and eventually cemented everything together. Later the layers were pushed up and erosion removed the sediments above, exposing this unique rock in certain locations along the Potomac River.
SIZE: 6″ x 4″ x 6″
AGE: Triassic Period, 205 million years
UNIT: Newark Supergroup
SITE: Point of Rocks, Maryland
DATE: 2021Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin.
$525.00Potomac Marble Sculpture
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Septarian Nodule Bowl
Notes specific to this specimen: An entirely unique item, this septarian nodule was excavated and carved into a bowl by Jon in 2018. The specimen is from the famous Muddy Creek septarian beds in southern Utah, east of Zion National Park. Our friends own a mining claim there and we periodically visit them to collect nodules. Most septarians are not conducive to carving into bowls. This is the only septarian nodule bowl ever sculpted by Jon. He kept it as his own since the day he sculpted it. Alas, it is being displaced from his personal collection by other, larger projects. It has a beautiful shine and fluoresces nicely under UV light. Jon has indicated he may – or may not! – ever do another one.
SIZE: 6″ x 6″ x 4″
SEPTARIAN NODULE BOWL
AGE: Cretaceous Period, 70 million years
UNIT: Frontier Formation
SITE: Orderville, Utah
DATE: 2018Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin.
$485.00Septarian Nodule Bowl
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Volcanic Bomb (EB1)
Notes specific to this specimen: Large, excellent, classic fusiform bomb with superb aerodynamic striations. Natural split reveals chalcedony interior which fluoresces a vibrant green. This specimen is first class.
SIZE: 12″ x 5″ x 4″
NAME: Various forms
AGE: Pliocene Epoch- 5 million years
UNIT: Banbury Formation
SITE: Elko County, Nevada
DATE: 2020Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin.
$585.00Volcanic Bomb (EB1)
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Volcanic Bomb (EB12)
Notes specific to this specimen: Large, rare, combination fusiform bomb. This is the result of three individual magma projectiles running into each other in flight. In this case the merge of these three individuals was early in the ejection event but after the individual projectiles had started acquiring their own individual character. The combination of these three bombs resulted in one very large cigar-shaped bomb which acquired it’s own form which dominated the final shape before falling back to Earth.
SIZE: 15″ x 6″ x 5″
NAME: Various forms
AGE: Pliocene Epoch- 5 million years
UNIT: Banbury Formation
SITE: Elko County, NevadaDATE: 2020
Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin.
$695.00Volcanic Bomb (EB12)
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Volcanic Bomb (EB14)
Notes specific to this specimen: Rare double bomb. These unique specimens form when two magma projectiles run into each other in flight before they completely harden. In this case the merge was early in the ejection event, before the two projectiles had started to acquire their own individual character. Instead the combination of the two was almost obliterated by the overall form taking shape before they fell back to Earth.
SIZE: 9″ x 6″ x 4″
NAME: Various forms
AGE: Pliocene Epoch- 5 million years
UNIT: Banbury Formation
SITE: Elko County, NevadaDATE: 2020
Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin.
$695.00Volcanic Bomb (EB14)
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Volcanic Bomb (EB2)
Notes specific to this specimen: Rare, beautifully-shaped double bomb. These unique specimens form when two magma projectiles run into each other in flight before they completely harden. Each had started to acquire it’s own individual character before they combined and fell to Earth.
SIZE: 4″ x 6″ x 3″
NAME: Various forms
AGE: Pliocene Epoch- 5 million years
UNIT: Banbury Formation
SITE: Elko County, Nevada
DATE: 2020Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin.
$385.00Volcanic Bomb (EB2)
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Volcanic Bomb (EB4)
Notes specific to this specimen: Large classic plump fusiform bomb with great aerodynamic striations. It looks like it encountered another in flight but did not complete the merging with it. Natural breaks reveals chalcedony interior which fluoresces a vibrant green. A great specimen.
SIZE: 10″ x 5″ x 4″
NAME: Various forms
AGE: Pliocene Epoch- 5 million years
UNIT: Banbury Formation
SITE: Elko County, NevadaDATE: 2020
Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin.
$265.00Volcanic Bomb (EB4)
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Volcanic Bomb (EB6)
Notes specific to this specimen: Complex plump fusiform bomb with smooth aerodynamic striations. Apparently ran into another bomb during flight and part of that bomb is still attached but is not complete. Natural breaks reveal chalcedony interior which fluoresces a vibrant green. Unusual.
SIZE: 7″ x 4″ x 4″
NAME: Various forms
AGE: Pliocene Epoch- 5 million years
UNIT: Banbury Formation
SITE: Elko County, NevadaDATE: 2020
Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin.
$310.00Volcanic Bomb (EB6)
$310.00
