Mecochirus Lobster - Solnhofen (w/ stand) Ruby The site is no longer

The site is no longer accessible and lies several meters below the ground water level in the Brown Coal Open Pit

It's a little know fact that most of the evolution of the horse actually occurred on the North American continent

Emerging in North Africa ~ 35 million years ago during the late Eocene period

these opals are commonly called Mexican fire opals

Another name for it is “white lead ore”

Mecochirus Lobster - Solnhofen (w/ stand) Ruby The site is no longerLaying in the Bavarian province of Germany, are the Solnhofen Limestone pits, also known as Solnhofen Plattenkalk, an area that contains some of the most exquisitely well preserved fossilized life forms on Earth. From marine life to terrestrial plant and animal life forms, the Solnhofen Limestone beds contain a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organisms such as sea jellies. During the Jurassic