Mecochirus Lobster - Solnhofen (w/ stand) Ruby occidentalis is from Alaska

occidentalis is from Alaska

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

At the early age of 15 Charles Johnson began his apprenticeship in lapidary and silversmith work

Almandine Garnet is the most common type of Garnet and it is often referred to as Garnet

Platygonus copressus is an extict mammal that lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene era

Mecochirus Lobster - Solnhofen (w/ stand) Ruby occidentalis is from AlaskaLaying 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