Freshwater Crab - Potamon Sp. - Fossil Specimen epidote group ilvite Approximate Size of 1 piece:

Approximate Size of 1 piece: 41mm x 30mm x 20mm

Approximate Size of 1 piece: 10cm x 9

How to Use: Carefully chisel away the host rock using a hammer and nail to find the many tiny pyrite cubes inside

where surrounding minerals limited full crystal expression but still allowed for defined edges and faces

The name "malaya" is a Swahili word which translates to "outcast" due to fact that when it was first discovered by miners it was considered to fall outside any of the standard garnet categories

Freshwater Crab - Potamon Sp. - Fossil Specimen epidote group ilvite Approximate Size of 1 piece:Mined from: Anatolia, Turkey Era: Cenozoic Geological Age: Pleistocene Epoch, about 2. 58 to 0. 0117 mya Description: This one of a kind Potamon sp. fossil shows a small freshwater crab preserved in raised relief on a pale tan travertine slab. The crab sits clearly above the matrix, with the rounded carapace, claws, and leg elements still easy to read. The surrounding slab has a bubbly, nodular surface that gives the whole piece a natural spring