Belemnite - Fossil Quality:Staff Pick while still maintaining a solid

while still maintaining a solid

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The bands—ranging from translucent whites to smoky greys and subtle earth tones—are the result of micro-layered mineral inclusions within the quartz

Working the wax into shape and tacking it together with heat

5 cmApproximate Weight of 1 Piece: 220g

Belemnite - Fossil Quality:Staff Pick while still maintaining a solidMined from: Buttenheim Clay Pit, Franconia (Bavaria), Germany Era: Jurassic Period (Lower Jurassic, Toarcian Stage) Geological Age: Approximately 180190 million years old Description: Belemnites are the fossilized internal guards of extinct squid like cephalopods that lived in ancient seas during the Jurassic. Specimens from the Buttenheim Clay Pit in Franconia are particularly well known for their preservation within fine grained marine sediments,