Fish Fossil - Knightia Eoceana Crab Amber is the fossilized resinous

Amber is the fossilized resinous tree sap from conifer trees

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It rarely occurs in crystal form but is often found in botryoidal or fibrous formations

with texture ranging from velvety and dark to rugose and sparkling

this piece consists of beautifully colored cluster of purple octohedral fluorite on a thick base of candle quartz - so named for the appearance of wax dripping down a candle down the crystal face

Fish Fossil - Knightia Eoceana Crab Amber is the fossilized resinousDuring the Eocene, 40 50 million years ago, vast shoals of freshwater fish inhabited a large shallow inland sea across the American West. The herring like fish of the genus Knightia were far and away the most abundant freshwater fish during this era, and because of this they are one of the most frequently found vertebrate fossils on earth. Originating from the famed Green River Formation in Wyoming, fossils of Knightia eocaena and their close