Here is a particularly beautiful specimen of a fossil goblet sponge of the species Raphidonema faringdonensi. A special feature is that it is populated with serpulides (lime tube worms).
Here is a beautiful tiger's eye sample from the Proterozoic era of South Africa. Tiger's eye is a marine microbialite found in the Banded Iron Formation, which formed approximately 3.8 to 1.8 billion years ago during the Great Oxidation Event through the precipitation of iron in seawater.
Here is a beautiful tiger's eye sample from the Proterozoic era of South Africa. Tiger's eye is a marine microbialite found in the Banded Iron Formation, which formed approximately 3.8 to 1.8 billion years ago during the Great Oxidation Event through the precipitation of iron in seawater.
Here is a beautiful tiger's eye sample from the Proterozoic era of South Africa. Tiger's eye is a marine microbialite found in the Banded Iron Formation, which formed approximately 3.8 to 1.8 billion years ago during the Great Oxidation Event through the precipitation of iron in seawater.
This is an exceptionally attractive fossil layer containing numerous gastropods of the genus Turritella from the Paleocene of the Saratov Region, Russia.