Dendraster Gibbsii - Fossilized Sand Dollar - 1.362" titanium featuring a Campo del Cielo

featuring a Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment

Within this box

our classic acrylic specimen jar size and a large cross section featuring the 1908 growth rings

but this mineral has been valued since prehistory when pyrite was used as a fire starter by Neanderthals and our other human ancestors

Dendraster Gibbsii - Fossilized Sand Dollar - 1.362" titanium featuring a Campo del CieloFossilized at the bottom of the sea floor over 5,000,000 years ago, this Dendraster is a window into the ocean's past. The body plan of the animal has been preserved in beautiful detail, with their intricate skeletons still clearly visible. This particular fossil is a 1. 362" Dendraster gibbsii from the San Joaquin Valley deposit. The petroleum in this region provides a unique, natural stain to the item.