Nobiliasaphus nobilisTrilobite from Portugal with stand 6dc9c4acaf9367e0e675c20b2ed4d5b3 Starting in the 19th century

Starting in the 19th century

polished Labradorite specimen

It is very similar to Alexandrite but lacks the photochromic color changing properties of Alexandrite

Agates were first discovered along the river Achates

Nobiliasaphus nobilisTrilobite from Portugal with stand 6dc9c4acaf9367e0e675c20b2ed4d5b3 Starting in the 19th centuryTrilobites are extinct hard shelled marine arthropods with amazingly great diversity. It is estimated there were over 15,000 known species of Trilobita, making them the most diverse animal life form that ever existed on earth. In Morocco, new Trilobite specimens are being discovered every year. Trilobites are are important as paleo zoic guide fossils, having existed for over 270 million years. They began their existence during the early Cambrian time