Petrified Wood Slab Spessartine One of the most common

One of the most common minerals on earth

The spectacular display of colors these specimens display can be formed by two different geological processes: the oxidation of pyrite causing ultra-thin layers of iron oxide to form on the surface

Discovered - 02/15/2013

These incredible specimens of natural uncut aquamarine from Mount Little Xuebaoding in Sichuan

Approx 420 million years old

Petrified Wood Slab Spessartine One of the most commonPerhaps the most well known fossil material in the world, petrified wood is not wood at all but rather the fossilized remnants of trees from millions of years ago. Tree trunks, limbs, and branches that died under conditions that favor fossilization gradually become replaced with minerals until what remains is a replica of the original piece of wood consisting entirely of mineral material. Like the trees they capture the form of, each is unique and