Dolomite snowflake (dolomite ps. after aragonite) Magnetite A coprolite is fossilized excrement

A coprolite is fossilized excrement

Details of the wood surface pattern and knots can be made out on the sides

The piece appears finely dusted with cinnamon brown color: this is hematite which causes the red and brown coloration of the mineral

Hydroxyapophyllite specimens are somewhat delicate and may shed pieces

you can see they are hollow inside

Dolomite snowflake (dolomite ps. after aragonite) Magnetite A coprolite is fossilized excrementLocale: Roswell, New Mexico Approx dimensions: 1. 5 x 1. 25" Approx weight: 85g These unusual pseudomorphs of dolomite after aragonite have earned the name snowflake because of their hexagonal shape which is often striated to give the mineral an appearance like a chunky snowflake. Pseudomorph means the mineral initially grew as aragonite, and then through geological processes the aragonite was replaced with dolomite. The new mineral will retain the