Freshwater Crab - Potamon Sp. - Fossil Specimen epidote group ilvite where surrounding minerals limited full

where surrounding minerals limited full crystal expression but still allowed for defined edges and faces

How to Use: Carefully chisel away the host rock using a hammer and nail to find the many tiny pyrite cubes inside

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Myanmar (Burma)

Freshwater Crab - Potamon Sp. - Fossil Specimen epidote group ilvite where surrounding minerals limited fullMined from: Anatolia, Turkey Era: Cenozoic Geological Age: Pleistocene Epoch, about 2. 58 to 0. 0117 mya Description: This one of a kind Potamon sp. fossil shows a small freshwater crab preserved in raised relief on a pale tan travertine slab. The crab sits clearly above the matrix, with the rounded carapace, claws, and leg elements still easy to read. The surrounding slab has a bubbly, nodular surface that gives the whole piece a natural spring