Manganese-oxide Dendrites 9e554ba3f1a423412294962f5b0caf27

Manganese-oxide Dendrites 9e554ba3f1a423412294962f5b0caf27Commonly mistaken for fossils, Dendrites, (from the Greek word meaning "tree") are actually a mineral (>Manganese oxide and iron hydroxide) formation that occurs when mineral (manganese and iron) rich water finds its way between limestone and other rock layers then deposits those minerals along fissures inside the stone. This Dendrite specimen was found in Jurassic limestone that is ~155 million years old. These minerals are 100% authentic and natural.

0 on the Mohs scale of hardness

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as it is a soft mineral and will deteriorate

amateur collector Francis Tully presented his unusual find to curators at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History

and a subtle grid-like pattern

20 feet (~6 meters tall) and weighing up to 6

but their stony replicas

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7mm teal-blue natural Chinese turquoise showing little to no matrix