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

The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux

where early very productive copper mines supplied much of the ancient world with the material

occurring in shades of blue

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

449 million years old

or chemical cleaning agent

Fluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals

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

from the Cambrian age

Azurite has been sought after since ancient times as a gem and for use in blue pigment

Amber is the fossilized resinous tree sap from conifer trees

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