Rainbow Pyrite

Rainbow PyriteThe famed fools gold, pyrite is an abundant sulfide mineral that despite some similarities can easily be distinguished from actual gold by its crystal form (typically cuboidal) and being much harder whereas gold is soft and malleable. Pyrite formations tend to be shiny and metallic, with particularly high shine or uniquely shaped pieces prized by collectors. Rainbow or peacock pyrite is a much rarer form of pyrite named for the unmistakable and

Size with Stand- 14"x12

and blues as well as the more commonly encountered clear or pale white

but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent

These high quality and exceptional color Chiapan Amber originated in Mexico during the Oligocene

or the formation of equally thin layers of secondary minerals due to hydrothermal or other alteration

These pieces of cuboidal fluorite crystals in varying shades of dark green occur on a high contrast white-gray matrix

These specimens of Mosasaur (Mosasaurus anceps) teeth are embedded in matrix

with nodules and delicate filigree-like branches

Amber is the fossilized resinous tree sap from conifer trees

A widespread and industrially important mineral

so much that the local tribes people used to use these mudstones as currency in trade and other daily life

Kataoua formation