Crinoid Fossil Specimen on Slab - Scyphocrinites Elegans - Silurian (443.8 – 419.2 million years ago) - Height: 350 mm - Width: 290 mm- 4257 g - (1)
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Crinoid fossil specimen on a slab of Scyphocrinites elegans from the Silurian (443.8–419.2 million years ago) produced in Erfoud, Morocco, weighing 4257 g and measuring 350 × 290 × 30 mm.
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Scyphocrinites Elegans - Silurian (443.8 – 419.2 million years ago) — An extraordinary specimen of a crinoid, in perfect preservation, of the species Scyphocrinites Elegans from the Silurian age, originating from Boutschrafin, Erfoud, Morocco. Like almost all crinoids from this locality, the rock has been repaired with some fillings for voids, because these crinoids are extracted from the ground in many pieces and the plates must be reassembled. The Scyphocrinites crinoids are extracted around Erfoud, Morocco, by digging straight down 16 feet until reaching the layer where they are found. Once the crinoid is located, a long tunnel along it is dug by hand. The rock, earth, and crinoid plates must then be transported to the surface in baskets, where they are reassembled and prepared. It is a very laborious process to bring to market a beautiful plate of crinoids like this.
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
Translated by Google TranslateScyphocrinites Elegans - Silurian (443.8 – 419.2 million years ago) — An extraordinary specimen of a crinoid, in perfect preservation, of the species Scyphocrinites Elegans from the Silurian age, originating from Boutschrafin, Erfoud, Morocco. Like almost all crinoids from this locality, the rock has been repaired with some fillings for voids, because these crinoids are extracted from the ground in many pieces and the plates must be reassembled. The Scyphocrinites crinoids are extracted around Erfoud, Morocco, by digging straight down 16 feet until reaching the layer where they are found. Once the crinoid is located, a long tunnel along it is dug by hand. The rock, earth, and crinoid plates must then be transported to the surface in baskets, where they are reassembled and prepared. It is a very laborious process to bring to market a beautiful plate of crinoids like this.
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Number of objects
1
Main mineral
Crinoid Fossil Specimen on Slab -
Mineral form
Scyphocrinites Elegans - Silurian (443.8 – 419.2 million years ago)
Supplement
Erfoud, Morocco
Weight
4257 g
Country of origin
Morocco
Height
350 mm
Width
290 mm
Depth
30 mm
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