Polished Botryoidal Hematite - SOLD 3.45" rockinaboxmammothtooth 6 billion years ago

6 billion years ago

and used its powerful bite to take down prey in packs

This will happen no matter how gently you treat the material

a behavior previously unknown of any dinosaur

North Pole Dome stromatolites of the Dresser Formation in Western Australia are the oldest known fossil material on the planet

Polished Botryoidal Hematite - SOLD 3.45" rockinaboxmammothtooth 6 billion years agoHematite is a hard and dense iron oxide compound that manifests a shining luster, with its dark blacks and browns accented by red flecks along its fissures. It's been used across human history both as fashioned tools and in its pigment form as ochre for cave painting. This specimen is a Polished Botryoidal Hematite cluster, measuring 3. 45". The rounded nodules present in the cluster owe their formation to small clumps of matter like sand the mineral