Very Important Geology and Fossil Collector Estate Collection

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Many fascinating items include: Rare Fossils, Raw Gem Stone Rocks,

"Prehistoric" Primate Skulls, Geodes, Crystals, and more from a

private collection gathered by a couple travelling the world. 

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Catalog Order Listing

1 Ammonite- Prehistoric Nautilus Measures 3 1/2" long. See descriptive note for more information.

2 Floating Crinoid, Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen, Germany Cronoid measures approximately 2" in diameter.

3 Jellyfish (Medusoid) and PreCambrian Sandstone(from the Dells Wisconsin) Jellyfish each measure 2 1/2" diameter. PreCambrian Sandstone measures approximately 3 1/2" wide. See descriptive notes for more information.

4 Unknown Fossils in Rock Rock measures approximately 7" long.

5 Mt. St. Helen's Ash and Pinus Aestefani ("Pine Cone") from Plyocene Era "Pine Cone" measures approximately 3" long.

6 Fossilized Rock- Fern Fossils from Pottsville PA Coal Swamps Measures approximately 4" wide.

7 Bryozoan Fenestella Fossil Rock Measures approximately 3" wide.

8 Fossil Seed Fern, Odontopteris, Jefferson Co., PA Measures approximately 3" wide.

9 Thunder Egg, Volcanic Rock Measures approximately 5 1/2" wide. See descriptive note for more information.

9A Licuites Iii + 2 Unknown Fossil Specimens See all photos for size and details.

10 Rhombotrypa Fossil Rock Measures approximately 6" long. Wikipedia "Rhombotrypa is an extinct trepostome bryozoan genus from the Ordovician Period, first described in 1866 by Carl Ludwig Rominger. Rhombotrypa quadrata is one of the few trepostome bryozoans known from the Cincinnatian that can be recognized externally, without analyzing the internal structure of the fossils."

11 Early Worm and Phyllograptus Angustifolius Fossil Rocks See descriptive notes for more information

12 Montastrea and Devonian Sea Flour from Huntington PA Montastrea measures approximately 8" wide. . Weighs 18 pounds.

13 Barite Mineral Rock . Weighs 9 pounds 6 ounces.

14 Cambrian Algae Mat and Devonian Coiled Trilobite

15 Domal (Digitate) Stromatolite

16 Sand Stone Samples

17 Ortho Cera Fossil

18 Seed Fern and Alethopteris Fossils on Slate Grey Stone. Weighs 9 pounds 12 ounces.

19 Rocks Including Limestone & Quartz

20 Large Banded Iron Rock, has magnetic properties Measures 11" x 9" x 8" approximately; NO shipping. Pickup ONLY. . Weighs 61 pounds.

21 Agatized Corral Fossil, Naturally Phosphorescent, glows in dark

22 Giant Ripple Ordovician, Antus Creek, PA Weighs 10 pounds.

23 Fossiliferous Limestone, Florida Wikipedia "Fossiliferous limestone is any type of limestone, made mostly of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the form of the minerals calcite or aragonite, that contains an abundance of fossils or fossil traces. The fossils in these rocks may be of macroscopic or microscopic size. The sort of macroscopic fossils often include crinoid stems, brachiopods, gastropods, and other hard shelled mollusk remains."

24 Pterygotus Macrophalmus ("Rare") and Leaf Fossil

25 Amygdaloidal Basalt, Igneous Volcanic Rocks

26 Limestone & Other Rock Samples Weathered/water action smooth 

27 Crystal Geode

28 Geodes

29 Geode

30 Alaskan Gold Small 1" tall container with gold flakes in liquid. Believed to be a souvenir of Alaska and gold weight is believed to be less than 1/4 gram.

31 1944 Australia Penny embedded in Petrified Wood

32 "Rare" Fossil Amphibian and Pterodactyl Parts "Rare" Fossil Amphibian is collected from Rherinpalz, Germany. Pterodactyl Parts are collected from Morocco. 

33 Crystal Geode

34 Geode

35 Keokuk Geode w/ Sphalerite Crystals

36 Geode

37 Thunder Egg Geode

38 Keokuk Geode with Kaolinite Coating and Calcite & Crystal interior

39 Volcanic bombs- Mt St. Helen

40 Metamorphic Mixture, Conglomerate Sedimentary Rock & Remnant of 1700's Iron Furnace

41 Coral Syringopora & Fossilized Stone

42 Rock Sample(s) in Possible Shale

43 Stromatolite Limestone, Essex Montana & Fossilized Rock

44 Miscellaneous Stone and Rock Samples Unspecified, with cases

45 Nondescript Rock, Possible Fossilized, Colorful

46 Ammonite Fossil From Alberta, Canada 

47 Epidote, Collected from Pakistan   Wikipedia "Epidote is an abundant rock-forming mineral, but one of secondary origin. It occurs in marble and schistose rocks of metamorphic origin. It is also a product of hydrothermal alteration of various minerals (feldspars, micas, pyroxenes, amphiboles, garnets, and others) composing igneous rocks."

48 Garnet in Soapstone

49 Creedite with Single Fluorite Crystal Collected from Mexico 

50 Assorted Rock/Mineral/Fossil Samples Weighs 34 pounds.

51 Petrified Wood from Arizona Weighs 28 pounds.

52 Chyrsocolla   Wikipedia "Due to being somewhat more common than turquoise, its wide availability, and vivid, beautiful blue and blue-green colors, chrysocolla has been popular for use as a gemstone for carvings and ornamental use since antiquity. It is often used in silversmithing and goldsmithing in place of turquoise and is relatively easy to work and shape. Chrysocolla exhibits a wide range of Mohs hardness ranging from 2 through 7, which is dependent on the amount of silica incorporated into the stone when it is forming. Generally, dark navy blue chrysocolla is too soft to be used in jewelry, while cyan, green, and blue-green chrysocolla can have a hardness approaching 6, similar to turquoise. Chrysocolla chalcedony is a heavily silicified form of chrysocolla that forms in quartz deposits and can be very hard and approach a hardness of 7."

53 Iron Pyrite ("Fool's Gold")

54 Raw Mineral Rock, collected from the Canadian Shield 2012

54A Sulfur Stalagmites

55 Pseudo Fossil

56 Pycnodonte (Texigrypaea) Collected in North Sulfur River, Texas 

57 Crystaline Coral

58 Mix of Coiled Gastropods & Brachiopods (Bivalves)

59 Trilobites Kangaroo Island, Australia 

60 Small Herbivorous Reptile Fossil

61 Cretaceous collected from Texas in 2009

62 Fossil Mosasaurus Tooth

63 Book Ends- Petrified Wood Weighs 14 pounds.

64 Petrified Dinosaur Bone from Utah

65 Black Betamorian Quartz

66 Halysite Coral Fossil collected from Lock Haven, Pa

67 Grallator Print collected from Frenchtown N. J.   Wikipedia "Grallator ["GRA-luh-tor"] is an ichnogenus (form taxon based on footprints) which covers a common type of small, three-toed print made by a variety of bipedal theropod dinosaurs. Grallator-type footprints have been found in formations dating from the Early Triassic through to the early Cretaceous periods. They are found in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil (Sousa and Santa Maria Formations) and China,[1] but are most abundant on the east coast of North America, especially the Triassic and Early Jurassic formations of the northern part of the Newark Supergroup.[2][3] The name Grallator translates into "stilt walker", although the actual length and form of the trackmaking legs varied by species, usually unidentified. The related term "Grallae" is an ancient name for the presumed group of long-legged wading birds, such as storks and herons. These footprints were given this name by their discoverer, Edward Hitchcock, in 1858."

68 Sigmaria Ficoides (Lepidodendron Root)

69 Fern Fossil Mold Rocks

70 Chalcedony Geode (Pale Blue-Grey Agate)    Wikipedia "Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of quartz and moganite. These are both silica minerals, but they differ in that quartz has a trigonal crystal structure, while moganite is monoclinic. Chalcedony's standard chemical structure (based on the chemical structure of quartz) is SiO2 (silicon dioxide). Chalcedony has a waxy luster, and may be semitransparent or translucent. It can assume a wide range of colors, but those most commonly seen are white to gray, grayish-blue or a shade of brown ranging from pale to nearly black. The color of chalcedony sold commercially is often enhanced by dyeing or heating."

71 Limestone Quartz Sample

72 Opal Sample from Tasmania

73 Fossilized Coral

74 Fossilized Coral

75 Agatized Pseudomorphic Chalcedony Classic Botryoidal Collected from Tampa Bay, FL. 

76 Fossilized Coral, Chalcedony Mineral Sample .

77 Non-Descript Fossilized Rock Samples .

78 Fossil Zig Zag Oyster collected from Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar .

78A Non-Descript Fossil Sample with Quartz Pockets .

79 Coral Thamnasteria and Schizonporella .

80 Non-Descript Fossilized Rock and Coral .

81 Poorly Mineralized Partial Shoulder Blade- Animal . Weighs 23 pounds.

82 Dinosaur Skull Fossil Collected from Desert Wash Area near Green River, Utah. . Weighs 19 pounds.

83 Cambrian Sea Floor Fossil & Misc. Bivalves .

84 Raptor Prints/Casts collected from Montgomery Co., PA . FRAGILE. Shipping will not be guaranteed to be damage free. Auction company prefers this item to be PICKUP Only, but will be shipped at Buyer's risk.

85 Stone Carving by Jim Stone, Chippewa Tribe . Weighs 23 pounds.

86 Non-Descript Gemstone Rock Samples .

87 Cretaceous and Favosite "Honey Comb" Hexagonal Coral .

88 Pyrite Samples in Nondescript Stones .

89 Basalt Bonsai Rock collected from Mt. Fuji, Japan .

90 Basalt, Volcanic Rock .

91 Igneous Lava Rock from Basalt Flow .

92 Australopithecus Africanus "Taung Child" Prehistoric Skull .  This skull is a detailed recreation by a museum replicator and is said to be such a perfect recreation it is extremely difficult to distinguish from an original.  Wikipedia, "Australopithecus africanus is an extinct species of australopithecine which lived between about 3.3 and 2.1 million years ago in the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of South Africa. The species has been recovered from Taung, Sterkfontein, Makapansgat, and Gladysvale. The first specimen, the Taung child, was described by anatomist Raymond Dart in 1924, and was the first early hominin found. However, its closer relations to humans than to other apes would not become widely accepted until the middle of the century because most had believed humans evolved outside of Africa."

93 Australopithecus Robustus Prehistoric Primate Skull . Collected by Robert Broom in 1948 in Swartzkrans, South Africa Believed but not documented or guaranteed to be authentic.

94 Australopithecus Atarensis "Luoy" Prehistoric Primate Skull . Collected by Donald Johnson, 1974, in Afar Basin, Ethiopia. Believed but not documented or guaranteed to be authentic.

95 Homo Erectus "Peking Man" Primate Skull Collected in Chou-Kua-Thien, China . Believed but not documented or guaranteed to be authentic.

96 Australopithecus Boisai Primate Skull . Collected by Mary Leakey, 1959, in Oldduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Believed but not documented or guaranteed to be authentic.

97 Homo Heidelbergensis Primate Skull . Believed but not documented or guaranteed to be authentic.

98 Volcanic Rock Samples . Origin/type unknown

99 Minnesota Fossils, Herkimer Diamonds, Petoskey Stone, Shale & Onyx from Byzantine Churchyard .

100 Sea Fossil Collection See ALL (Numerous) Photos for description and measurements.

101 Limestone Geodes with Crystals in and on stone. .

101A Volcanic Bomb Rocks .

102 Arizona Petrified Wood .

103 Mammoth Ivory from Alaskan Yukon .

104 Fossilized Sawfish Dorsal Fin Collected from Tegana, Kem-Kem Basin in the Sahara Desert of Morocco. .

105 Coral-Tetradium Fossilized Rock .

106 Spongia .

107 Fossiliferous Limestone, collected in Florida .

108 Coprolite/ Fossilized Animal Droppings from Utah .

109 Fossil Weevil Cocoon .

110 "Rare" Megateuthis Gigantea .  Wikipedia, "Megateuthis gigantea is the largest known belemnite species, reaching about 50 mm and 700mm in maximum diameter and length of rostrum, respectively. The fossil remains were discovered in Europe and Asia."

111 Cretaceous-Pinos Tree, Bee in Amber .

112 Trilobite Fossil "Trilobites were ancient arthropods that ruled the seas for over 250 million years, from the Cambrian to the Permian periods."  

113 4 Shell Fossils

114 3 Fossils- Pecten, Worm Tracks/Starfish and Sphenophyta

115 Fossil Collection

116 Sea Coral /Sea Life Fossils

117 Wooden & Glass Display Case, Can be used for Geology or Marble Collections. Measures 20" wide x 16-1/2" high x 3" deep

118 Wooden & Glass Display Case, Can be used for Geology or Marble Collections. Measures 20" wide x 16-1/2" high x 3" deep

119 Basalt, Limestone, Gemstones, Petrified Wood, Other Samples

120 Assorted Rock Samples- Unknown Origin

121 Quartz Crystals Formation

122 Partial Geode

123 Shark Tooth Fossil

124 Spilite, Pillow Lava

125 Turquoise/Azurite Gem Stone

126 Gypsum "Desert Rose" and Coral Similar to Pliocene Coral

127 Fortification Agate Chalcedony and Kauri Gum Eucalyptus Tree, Australia

128 Collection of Fossils, Rocks & Gemstones in Divided Plastic Containers

129 Collection of Fossils, Rocks & Gemstones in Divided Plastic Containers

130 Collection of Fossils, Rocks & Gemstones in Divided Plastic Containers

131 Collection of Fossils, Rocks & Gemstones in Divided Plastic Containers

132 Fossils and Rock Samples in Plastic Divided Containers

133 Spongia Samples from Naples, FL 

134 Quartz Samples Weathered quartz . Weighs 12 pounds.

135 Sea Fossils in Nondescript Rocks . Weighs 13 pounds.

136 Misc. Rock Samples Mix of igneous/sedimentary/coral .

137 Sea Shells

138 Sea Shell Fossil Lg complete 2 half sample 

139 Coral Fossils . Weighs 11 pounds.

140 Cretaceous Fossils Sample from Texas 

141 Ammonite Fragment

142 Coral and Sea Fossils Including Spongia, Membranipora, Conglomerate, Chaetetes, Monticulipora, and more. 

143 Sea Fossils

144 Trilobite Fossils Sample from Kangaroo Island,  Australia

145 Prehistoric Soft Shell Turtle Plate collected from Withlacoochee River, Sumter, Co, Florida

146 Shell Fossils- Bivalves

147 Unknown Fossil Samples

148 Marhoumacrinus Legrandi Fossil Collected in Crinoid Beds of Alnif, Morocco 

149 Lepidodenron Tree Fossil and Early Sea Fossil Tree fossil from primitive PA tree 

150 Polished Shell Fossil

151 Shark Tooth Fossils and Fossilized Rock

152 Fossil & Gemstone Samples

153 Granite- "Burned" Rock Collected in Turkey 

154 Plesiosaur Tooth, Morocco

155 Wooly Mammoth Hair and Rock Samples Rock samples possibly meteorite fragments 

156 Hexagonaric Coral Collected in N. Sulphuric River, Texas 

157 Chrysanthemum Fossil Collected from Cave of Crystals, Mexico 

158 Selenite Collected from Cave of crystals Mexico 

159 Bivalve Fossils in Nondescript Rock . Weighs 18 pounds.

160 Rocks & Fossils

161 Plastic/Plexiglass Display Case Measures 17" wide x 15-1/2" high x 3-1/2" deep

162 Assorted Jewelry Making Supplies

163 Table Top Easels, Wire Brush, Hanging Scale, Mineral Scale, More

165 Books Lot- Fossil Themed

166 Bonsai Pots, Stones & Gravel

167 Bonsai Planters

168 Offset Double Bonsai Planter

169 Driftwood Pieces