Dendritic Sandstone Pendant - SOLD 1.84" surfite and beak-like mouths

and beak-like mouths

This specimen is an Ordovician Petraster Starfish

which may indicate a shift in diet from browsing for leaves to grazing low grasses

The rest of the bracelet is filled with Indian Bloodstone beads of greens and reds to compliment the central ammolite piece

The Moon has captured the human eye for millennia

Dendritic Sandstone Pendant - SOLD 1.84" surfite and beak-like mouthsThough they may look like fossil plants, dendrites are incredible and inorganic formations that occur solely due to interactions between physics and geochemistry. These branching patterns are made of manganese oxides and commonly form on the surface of sandstones. As the manganese cools, it crystalizes into thin, tree like shapes in the same process that creates snowflakes. This necklace is a 1. 84" sandstone pendant that has been imprinted with a