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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-monolith-, post: 24769871, member: 150064&quot;]I&#039;m a bit of a &quot;renaissance&quot; fellow as well. That is to say I have other collections of interest that could be classified as &quot;ancient&quot;. Not to get to far off topic, but then again this is my thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584547[/ATTACH] </p><p>Trilobite - Paralejurus sp. from the Devonian Period (rare species)</p><p>Atlas Moutains, Morocco</p><p>Approx. 360,000,000 years old. </p><p>Excellent preservation with intricate shell and eye detail and intact hypostome. </p><p>3.1&quot; x 2.5&quot; x 1.4&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584549[/ATTACH] </p><p>Trilobite - Hollardops sp. (Metacanthina) from the Devonian Period (very rare species)</p><p>Hamar Laghdad Formation, Erfoud, Morocco</p><p>Approx. 360,000,000 years old</p><p>Superb eye facet detail</p><p>3.1&quot; x 2&quot; x 1.2&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584550[/ATTACH] </p><p>Jurassic Period Ammonite - Aegasteroceras sp. from the famous Froddingham Ironstone of Scunthorpe, UK. </p><p>4.4&quot; x 4&quot; x 1.8&quot;</p><p>A sought after fossil from this renowned and no longer accessible site</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584551[/ATTACH] </p><p>Eocene Age Fossilized Fish - This is a superb, large specimen from the Eocene age of the Henan Province, China. Excellent detail, with very pronounced vertebrae, from an old collection.</p><p>Approx. 40,000,000 years old</p><p>5&quot; x 4.8&quot; x 0.6&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584563[/ATTACH] </p><p>Purple Fluorite</p><p>125.5g</p><p>71mm x 49mm x 39mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584567[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fluorite (Fluorescent)</p><p>Location: Rogerley Mine, Weardale Durham, England</p><p>Nice matrix specimen of green to bluish-green colored fluorite crystals</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584568[/ATTACH] </p><p>Native Copper</p><p>Location: Ontonagonc Co., Michigan (Michigan&#039;s Keweenaw</p><p>Peninsula) </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584569[/ATTACH] </p><p>Amethyst / Citrine (&quot;Cactus Quartz&quot; or &quot;Spirit&quot; Quartz or Fairy Quartz)</p><p>Location: Kwa Ndebele, South Africa</p><p>A quartz (purple amethyst and reddish-yellow citrine) crystal cluster.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584570[/ATTACH] </p><p>Hemimorphite</p><p>Location: Wenshan¸ China</p><p>A specimen of bluishgreen hemimorphite.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584571[/ATTACH] </p><p>Iron Meteorite</p><p>Location: Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina</p><p>A specimen of the Campo Del Cielo meteorite which is a coarse iron (octahedrite) meteorite from Argentina. The meteorite was found in 1576.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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