Fish Fossil - Knightia Eoceana

Fish Fossil - Knightia EoceanaDuring 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

Colored fluorite clusters atop candle quartz bases are some of the most distinctive mineral specimens to originate from the mines of Inner Mongolia

and pure white

Each of our fish fossil specimens has been expertly prepared and is 100% authentic and unrestored or repaired

While in its sticky gel state

Creedite is named for the place of its initial discovery

An unparalleled collector's piece

the mineral contains arsenic and silicate and historically has been used in pyrotechnics as well as a cosmetic since ancient Egyptian times until the safety issues with arsenic in makeup became known

Size of Yellow Calcite - 13"x10"   Weight - 13

it is largely mined as an industrial ore across the globe

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

During the Eocene

These fine specimens have rich yellow-gold fine crystals covering a thick white matrix