Veracruz Amethyst

Veracruz AmethystOne of the most widely recognized and unmistakable minerals, Amethyst has been sought after since ancient times as a gemstone and decorative object. Amethyst is a form of Quartz which gets its beautiful purple tint from the substitution of silicone for iron due to irradiation. It is found in a wide range of shades from deep purple to pale violet and even pink, with color intensity usually deepest at the termination or tip of each crystal.

Amethyst has been sought after since ancient times as a gemstone and decorative object

with box - 8

Approx size of fossil - 4

Brittle Starfish

from the Upper Silurian age

Middle Devion period

449 million years old

From the Upper Ordovician Period - Ashgill Stage - Ktaoua Formation

with color intensity usually deepest at the termination or tip of each crystal

These specimens of Mosasaur (Mosasaurus anceps) teeth are embedded in matrix

Flexycalymene Trilobite Fossils (Flexicalymene ouzregui) are approx

so much that the local tribes people used to use these mudstones as currency in trade and other daily life