09147 - Nice Collection of 3 Fossilized Silicified Pine Cones Equicalastrobus Eocene - Sahara Desert Bismuth Pyrite's metallic luster and pale

Pyrite's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue give it a superficial resemblance to gold

8 m (6 ft)

and may form pseudomorphs with these minerals

near the river Oued Touflit

A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics

09147 - Nice Collection of 3 Fossilized Silicified Pine Cones Equicalastrobus Eocene - Sahara Desert Bismuth Pyrite's metallic luster and paleSize (the biggest): 61. 4 mm 2. 44 in Weight (in a whole): 75. 4 g Strangely weird specimen. It is a kind of Pine Cone that was not known until very recently. They are found fossilized in silica (silicified). They preserve the structures with amazing detail. Very rare species.