• Banded Iron Formation (BIF1)

    Notes specific to this specimen: A classic specimen from a classic locality.  Red jasper alternating with hematite silver banding. One side polished, the other sawn.

    SIZE: 3″x 5″x 5/8″

     

    MINERALS: Jasper & Hematite
    AGE: Paleoproterozoic – 2.1 billion years
    UNIT: Negaunee Iron Formation
    SITE: Ishpeming, Michigan
    COLLECTED: 2025
    BY: Julie & Jon

     

    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 Crab (PC10)

    Notes specific to this specimen: This is a single excellent natural crab with no touch up or restoration.  

     
    Name: Pinnixa gallehiri
    Age: Miocene Epoch, 10 million years
    Unit: Monterey Formation (Aguajito Member)
    Site: Carmel Valley, California
    Date: 2016

     

    Size: Crab 1″ / Rock 5″

     

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

  • Gunflint Chert (GIS12)

    Notes specific to this specimen: This is an unusually large stromatolite colony for this site. Also from the world-famous Gunflint Iron Formation. This piece is from our original discovery in 2025. Beautiful deep red colony with obvious laminae. Polished with brilliant shine on front face only. Back and edges are naturally rough.

     

    SIZE: 2″ x 3″

     

    Name Collenia sp. (possible new species)
    Age Anamikean / Paleoproterozoic – 1.88 billion years
    Unit Gunflint Iron Formation
    Site Ontario, Canada
    Date 2025

     

    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 Crab (PC13)

    Notes specific to this specimen: A unique specimen showing one excellent complete crab rightside up and another mostly-complete crab upside down.  No touch up or restoration.   

     
    Name: Pinnixa gallehiri
    Age: Miocene Epoch, 10 million years
    Unit: Monterey Formation (Aguajito Member)
    Site: Carmel Valley, California
    Date: 2016

     

    Size: Crab 1″ / Rock 3″

     

    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 Sand Dollar and Clam (KH2)

    Notes specific to this specimen: Matrix piece that has a flat bottom so it stands nicely. This specimen has one large and one infant sand dollar with a nice polished clam that has great colors.

     

    SIZE: 5″x 3″x 3″

     

    NAME: Psuedocardium & Dendraster
    AGE: Pliocene Epoch – 4 million years
    UNIT: Etchegoin Formation
    SITE: Kettleman Hills, California
    DATE: 2023

     

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

  • Fossil Sand Dollar and Clam (KH4)

    Notes specific to this specimen: Beautiful and showy matrix piece with flat bottom so it stands nicely. This specimen has one large polished sand dollar and one infant sand dollar along with a great polished clam.

     

    SIZE: 4″x 3″x 3″

     

    NAME: Psuedocardium & Dendraster
    AGE: Pliocene 4 million years
    UNIT: Etchegoin Formation
    SITE: Kettleman Hills, California

     

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

  • Two Fish GR302

    Notes specific to this specimen:

    Two Fossil Fish

     

    NAME: Knightia, Dyplomystus and various other species
    AGE: Eocene Epoch / 50 million years
    UNIT: Green River Formation
    SITE: Kemmerer, Wyoming

     

    Size: 7″ x 9″

     

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

  • Rainbow Stromatolite (RS5)

    Notes specific to this specimen: Another one of the original discovery pieces, collected by us in August 2025. Wild contrasts in the colors of these colonies.

     

    SIZE: 2″x 4″x .5″

     

    Name Collenia sp. (possible new species)
    Age Anamikean / Paleoproterozoic – 1.88 billion years
    Unit Gunflint Iron Formation
    Site Ontario, Canada
    Date 2025

     

    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 Algae (AA5)

    Notes specific to this specimen: This is a piece of a much larger specimen. While it is not complete, the color and texture of this piece is very interesting. It retains some of the original 3-D shape, which is rare in this preservation environment.

     

    SIZE: 5″x 2″x 2″

     

    NAME: Undescribed species
    AGE: Jurassic Period- 165 million years
    UNIT: Curtis Formation
    SITE: Emery County, Utah
    DATE: 2010

     

    Documentation: This authentic fossil specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Origin.

  • Single Fish – Split Pair GR201

    Notes specific to this specimen:

    Single Fish – Split Pair

     

    NAME: Knightia, Dyplomystus and various other species
    AGE: Eocene Epoch / 50 million years
    UNIT: Green River Formation
    SITE: Kemmerer, Wyoming

     

    Size: 3″

     

    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 Crab (PC12)

    Notes specific to this specimen: This is a single natural crab with excellent open claws! No touch up or restoration.  

     
    Name: Pinnixa gallehiri
    Age: Miocene Epoch, 10 million years
    Unit: Monterey Formation (Aguajito Member)
    Site: Carmel Valley, California
    Date: 2016

     

    Size: Crab 1″ / Rock 5″

     

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

  • Iron Stromatolites (MEOB2)

    Notes specific to this specimen: You will receive an obelisk very similar to this one shown.  We fashion only a limited number of obelisks out of this material because in the process we lose a lot of material.  Even so, it is sometimes worth it as the cutting of obelisks creates a great 3-D view of the colonies.  Here we have deep red agatization in these longitudinally cut colonies.  These specimens attest to the classic origin of this material from the old Mary Ellen Mine in Biwabik, Minnesota, the type locality for the Biwabik Iron Formation. The mine shut down over 50 years ago. We find the material in the old discard piles that surround the pit.

     

    Size: 2.25″ x 3″ tall

     

    Name / Species: Collenia undosa
    Age: Paleoproterozoic – 2.1 billion years
    Unit: Biwabik Iron Formation
    Site: Biwabik, Minnesota
    Collected: 1992
    Collected by: Jon Kramer

     

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

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