SWJ0099 - Astonishing Magenta Erythrite from Mount Cobalt Mine, Queensland, Australia Aragonite See also Agassiz 1835

See also Agassiz 1835

PaleoDB taxon number: 396032

South Africa (2)

These fishes comes from the Cretaceous 100 million years old These fossil deposits were first mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus where he said there were "fish in the stones"

Top rare unidentified vertebra bone specimen

SWJ0099 - Astonishing Magenta Erythrite from Mount Cobalt Mine, Queensland, Australia Aragonite See also Agassiz 1835This is an exceptional magenta Erythrite specimen from the famous Mount Cobalt Mine, Queensland, Australia Erythrite or red cobalt is a secondary hydrated cobalt arsenate mineral with the formula (Co3(AsO4)28H2O). Erythrite and annabergite (Ni3(AsO4)28H2O) (nickel arsenate) form a complete series with the general formula (Co,Ni)3(AsO4)28H2O. Erythrite crystallizes in the monoclinic system and forms prismatic crystals. The color is crimson to pink and