9-1/4" Brazilian Agate Slice (with stand) a05003c5a2014b8e4ac0627e02162c48 The black mussel shell is

The black mussel shell is finely polished until the texture is smooth and shiny

Crystalline Gold is much more valuable than the gold market's price value and at least 2 times that of a gold nugget due to its value as an extremely rare mineral specimen

the area on the east side of the mountains was the Western Interior Seaway

The chambers of the Ammonite acted as tiny geodes

9-1/4" Brazilian Agate Slice (with stand) a05003c5a2014b8e4ac0627e02162c48 The black mussel shell isBrazilian Agates are found in the southern states in basalt formations from 4 to 40 feet deep and at elevations of about 2500 to 3500 feet above sea level. Agate is a variety of silica composed of alternating layers of various colored chert or quartz. Agates were named after the Acate River in Sicily where the stones were originally found. The most accepted theory as to how these Agates formed is that as lava cooled, gas and steam accumulated to form