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MINERALS
AMETHYST
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Chemical formula: SiO2
Origin: Brasil
Weight: 95 g
Size: 9 x 4 x 2 cm
Price: 7,50 €
Item number: 001
Amethyst is a variety of quartz and belongs to the class of silicates. The quartz varieties are: colorless (hyaline or rock crystal), violet (amethyst var), yellow and orange (citrine var), brown, black and gray (smoky var.), Pink (pink var.), white (milky var.); intermediate colors and cases of polychromatism are also possible (partly yellow and partly violet crystals, ametrine var)
AMETHYST
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Chemical formula: SiO2
Origin: Brasil
Weight: 103 g
Size: 7 x 4 x 2 cm
Price: 7,50 €
Item number: 002
Amethyst is a variety of quartz and belongs to the class of silicates. The quartz varieties are: colorless (hyaline or rock crystal), violet (amethyst var), yellow and orange (citrine var), brown, black and gray (smoky var.), Pink (pink var.), white (milky var.); intermediate colors and cases of polychromatism are also possible (partly yellow and partly violet crystals, ametrine var)
AMETHYST
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Chemical formula: SiO2
Origin: Brasil
Weight: 115 g
Size: 5,5 x 5,5 x 2 cm
Price: 7,50 €
Item number: 003
Amethyst is a variety of quartz and belongs to the class of silicates. The quartz varieties are: colorless (hyaline or rock crystal), violet (amethyst var), yellow and orange (citrine var), brown, black and gray (smoky var.), Pink (pink var.), white (milky var.); intermediate colors and cases of polychromatism are also possible (partly yellow and partly violet crystals, ametrine var)
ARAGONITE BOTRYOIDAL
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Chemical formula: CaCO3
Origin: Valtaro (PR) – Italy
Weight: 480 g
Size: 12 x 10 x 5 cm
Price: 7,00 €
Item number: 004
Aragonite is a mineral consisting of neutral calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and belongs to the aragonite group. This specimen is colored with Malachite and is on Ophiolitic matrix. Malachite is a mineral of the family of carbonates (to be precise is a copper carbonate hydroxide), and is effervescent when in contact with hydrochloric acid. The Ophiolites are sections of oceanic crust and the underlying mantle that have been raised or overlapped to the continental crust up to surface.
GYPSUM
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Chemical formula: CaSO4.2(H2O)
Origin: Toscana – Italy
Weight: 40 g
Size: 7,5 x 4 x 2,5 cm
Price: 3,00 €
Item number: 005
Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate. It is able to grow in colorless or translucent crystals also of considerable size, object of collecting, of which the most common type is the desert rose.
GYPSUM
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Chemical formula: CaSO4.2(H2O)
Origin: Toscana – Italy
Weight: 35 g
Size: 5,5 x 3,5 x 3 cm
Price: 3,00 €
Item number: 006
Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate. It is able to grow in colorless or translucent crystals also of considerable size, object of collecting, of which the most common type is the desert rose.
GYPSUM
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Chemical formula: CaSO4.2(H2O)
Origin: Toscana – Italy
Weight: 30 g
Size: 5,5 x 3,5 x 3 cm
Price: 3,00 €
Item number: 007
Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate. It is able to grow in colorless or translucent crystals also of considerable size, object of collecting, of which the most common type is the desert rose.
GYPSUM
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Chemical formula: CaSO4.2(H2O)
Origin: Toscana – Italy
Weight: 195 g
Size: 15 x 6 x 3 cm
Price: 6,00 €
Item number: 008
Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate. It is able to grow in colorless or translucent crystals also of considerable size, object of collecting, of which the most common type is the desert rose.
PYRITE
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Chemical formula: FeS2
Origin: Peru
Weight: 20 g
Size: 2,5 x 2,5 x 2 cm
Price: 3,00 €
Item number: 009
Pyrite is a very common mineral composed of iron disulfide (II) (FeS2) which takes its name from the Greek word pyros (fire) because it produces sparks if struck with a piece of metal. Because of the gold color it was known in the past as the fool’s gold; if heated to the flame it emits a mixture of sulfides with the classic smell of rotten eggs.
PYRITE
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Chemical formula: FeS2
Origin: Peru
Weight: 25 g
Size: 3 x 2,5 x 2 cm
Price: 3,00 €
Item number: 010
Pyrite is a very common mineral composed of iron disulfide (II) (FeS2) which takes its name from the Greek word pyros (fire) because it produces sparks if struck with a piece of metal. Because of the gold color it was known in the past as the fool’s gold; if heated to the flame it emits a mixture of sulfides with the classic smell of rotten eggs.
HYALINE QUARTZ
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Chemical formula: SiO2
Origin: Arkansas
Weight: 115 g
Size: 9 x 6 x 3,5 cm
Price: 7,00 €
Item number: 011
The hyaline quartz or rock crystal is a variety of quartz and belongs to the class of silicates. The varieties of quartz are: colorless (hyaline or rock crystal), violet (amethyst var), yellow and orange (var. Citrine), brown, black and gray (smoked var), pink (pink var), white (milky var); intermediate colors and cases of polychromatism are also possible (partly yellow and partly violet crystals, ametrine var)
BITERMINATED HYALINE QUARTZ
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Chemical formula: SiO2
Origin: Arkansas
Weight: 35 g
Size: 6 x 2,5 x 2 cm
Price: 8,00 €
Item number: 012
The hyaline quartz or rock crystal is a variety of quartz and belongs to the class of silicates. The varieties of quartz are: colorless (hyaline or rock crystal), violet (amethyst var), yellow and orange (var. Citrine), brown, black and gray (smoked var), pink (pink var), white (milky var); intermediate colors and cases of polychromatism are also possible (partly yellow and partly violet crystals, ametrine var)
FOSSILS
SHARK FOSSIL TOOTH – OTODUS OBLIQUUS
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Class: Chondroichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Otodontidae
Genus: Otodus
Species: O. obliquus
Origin: Morocco
Price: 10,00 €
Item number: 102
The Otodus obliquus shark lived between the late Paleocene and the Eocene, between 40 and 60 million years ago. Like all sharks, its skeleton was made of cartilage and this is the reason why only teeth and some fossilized vertebrae have arrived in our days. The Otodus obliquus was a large predator whose size reached about 9-10 m in length and 15 tons in weight. Fossils (teeth and vertebrae) have been found from excavations in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America, a situation that suggests that this shark was widespread in the oceans of 60 million years ago. Given its size and characteristics, it is hypothesized that the Otodus obliquus feed on marine mammals, large bony fishes and other sharks. Currently almost all of the teeth of this huge shark come from the phosphate mines of Morocco. The teeth of the Otodus obliquus have a triangular shape, are wide (up to 8-10 cm) with smooth and sharp edges and there are one or more lateral cusps.
SHARK FOSSIL TOOTH – OTODUS OBLIQUUS
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Class: Chondroichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Otodontidae
Genus: Otodus
Species: O. obliquus
Origin: Morocco
Price: 10,00 €
Item number: 104
The Otodus obliquus shark lived between the late Paleocene and the Eocene, between 40 and 60 million years ago. Like all sharks, its skeleton was made of cartilage and this is the reason why only teeth and some fossilized vertebrae have arrived in our days. The Otodus obliquus was a large predator whose size reached about 9-10 m in length and 15 tons in weight. Fossils (teeth and vertebrae) have been found from excavations in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America, a situation that suggests that this shark was widespread in the oceans of 60 million years ago. Given its size and characteristics, it is hypothesized that the Otodus obliquus feed on marine mammals, large bony fishes and other sharks. Currently almost all of the teeth of this huge shark come from the phosphate mines of Morocco. The teeth of the Otodus obliquus have a triangular shape, are wide (up to 8-10 cm) with smooth and sharp edges and there are one or more lateral cusps.
TRILOBITE ELRATHIA KINGII – Replica
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Class: Trilobita
Order: Ptychopariida
Family: Alokistocaridae
Genus: Elrathia
Species: E. kingii
Origin: USA
Price: 10,00 €
Item number: 105
Plaster cast obtained from a true fossil; 1: 1 scale; color as the original. Elratia (Gen. Elrathia) is an extinct arthropod belonging to the trilobites. He lived in the middle Cambrian (about 505 million years ago) and his fossilized remains were found exclusively in North America. The cephalic shield of this trilobite was relatively small compared to the thorax; the central part (glabella) was small and shaped like a bud, while the eyes were central and there were two structures on either side of the cephalon (genital spines). The thorax consisted of 13 segments, with a narrow axis and enlarged and slightly pointed lateral parts. The terminal part of the body (pigidium) was short. In total the body did not exceed the average length of two centimeters.
TRILOBITE ELRATHIA KINGII – replica
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Class: Trilobita
Order: Ptychopariida
Family: Alokistocaridae
Genus: Elrathia
Species: E. kingii
Origin: USA
Price: 6,00 €
Item number: 106
Plaster cast obtained from a true fossil; 1: 1 scale. Elratia (Gen. Elrathia) is an extinct arthropod belonging to the trilobites. He lived in the middle Cambrian (about 505 million years ago) and his fossilized remains were found exclusively in North America. The cephalic shield of this trilobite was relatively small compared to the thorax; the central part (glabella) was small and shaped like a bud, while the eyes were central and there were two structures on either side of the cephalon (genital spines). The thorax consisted of 13 segments, with a narrow axis and enlarged and slightly pointed lateral parts. The terminal part of the body (pigidium) was short. In total the body did not exceed the average length of two centimeters.
AMMONITE ELRATHIA KINGII – Replica
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Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Perisphinctidae
Genus: Perisphinctes
Species: Perisphinctes sp.
Origin: Madagascar
Price: 6,00 €
Item number: 107
Plaster cast obtained from a true fossil; 1: 1 scale. Perisphinctes is an extinct cephalopod mollusc belonging to the ammonites. He lived in the Upper Jurassic (172-149 million years ago), and his fossil remains are found on all continents. The aspect of the shell of this ammonite is quite conventional: planispiral (wrapped in a flat spiral), symmetrical, serpenticona (in the shape of a coiled snake, with poor covering of the turns). At each growth stage, the shell has a sub-square section with rounded edges; the navel is very broad but not very deep. The ornamentation is made up of a number of sharp and slightly protruded ribs (arched forward, ie in the direction of the opening). Near the abdomen, the coasts are forking, crossing the ventral region without interruption (no hulls or ventral grooves are present).
TRILOBITE PHACOPS RANA – Replica
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Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Phacopidae
Genus: Phacops
Species: P. rana
Origin: Morocco
Price: 6,00 €
Item number: 108
Plaster cast obtained from a true fossil; 1: 1 scale. The facope (Gen. Phacops) is an extinct arthropod belonging to the trilobites. Its fossils are very common in most of the world, and are found in soils from the Silurian to the Devonian (430-360 million years ago). This animal was one of the most typical and widespread trilobites. The body was oval in shape, with a large head (cephalon) and a small posterior part (pygidium). The central region of the head (glabella) was large and posteriorly narrow, adorned with numerous large granules that covered the entire surface. The eyes, often well preserved in fossils, are very large. At the hypostoma (a ventral plate placed near the mouth) two uniramated antennae originated. The characteristic “three lobes” typical of the entire class were of very similar dimensions and well rounded.
CRINOID SCYPHOCRINUS ELEGANS – Replica
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Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Species: Scyphocrinus elegans
Origin: Morocco
Price: 15,00 €
Item number: 109
Plaster cast obtained from a true fossil; 1: 1 scale; color as the original.
Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms (phylum Echinodermata). The name comes from the Greek word krinon, “a lily”, and eidos, “form”. The class includes 648 living species and over 5,000 fossil species. Having appeared in the Ordovician, the crinoids have become widespread throughout the Paleozoic period. During the Paleozoic and the Mesozoic they are among the main organisms producing carbonate, constituting the limestone with crinoids or encrinites. Over 5,000 fossil species have been described. Since the end of the Permian, most of the evolutionary lines of the crinoids (subclasses Cladida, Flexibilia, Camerata and Disparida) have been subjected to mass extinction, with the sole exception of the subclass of the Articulata, to which all living species belong currently known.
PREPARATIONS
DOMESTIC RABBIT
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Anatomical part: Complete skull
Weight: 100 g
Size: 9 x 6 x 5 cm
Price: 15,00 €
Item number: 201
Complete skull osteological preparation of domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) for educational and exhibition use. Museum preparation, cleaned and bleached, removable jaws.
The domestic rabbit, selected in over 40 breeds, derives from the European wild rabbit that has been tamed starting from 1,100 BC. to provide food, fur and wool sources as research subjects and as pets.
DOMESTIC SHEEP
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Anatomical part: Complete skull
Weight: 350 g
Size: 18 x 13 x 10 cm
Price: 38,00 €
Item number: 202
Complete skull osteological preparation of domestic sheep sub-adult (Ovis aries) for educational and exhibition use. Museum preparation, cleaned and bleached, removable jaws.
The progenitors of domestic sheep (Ovies aries) were probably the mouflon (Ovies musimon, O. orientalis), the ural (O. vignei) and the argali (O. ammon). The domestication of wild sheep is very old; the productions supplied are milk, meat and wool.
MOLDS
SURFACE WATER DUCK
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 11 x 10 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 301
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
ROE DEER
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 8 x 8 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 302
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
CARRION CROW
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 11 x 7 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 303
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
BEECH MARTEN
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Misure: 7 x 6 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 304
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
COOT
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 9 x 8 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 305
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
EURASIAN MAGPIE
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 9 x 8 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 306
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
LION
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 13 x 13 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 307
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
LIZARD
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 5 x 5 x 3 cm + 5 x 5 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 308
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use. Pair of footprints: front and rear paw.
EUROPEAN PINE MARTEN
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 7 x 7 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 309
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
BLACKBIRD
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm
Price: 4,00 €
Item number: 310
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
BROWN RAT
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 6 x 6 x 3 cm + 5 x 5 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 311
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use. Pair of footprints: front and rear paw.
TOAD
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 6 x 6 x 3 cm + 6 x 6 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 312
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use. Pair of footprints: front and rear paw.
MOLE
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm + 6 x 6 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 313
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use. Pair of footprints: front and rear paw.
FOX
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 9 x 8 x 3 cm
Price: 5,00 €
Item number: 314
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
ZEBRA
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 12 x 11 x 3 cm
Prezzo: 5,00 €
Item number: 315
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
ROE DEER
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 8 x 8 x 3 cm
Price: 6,00 €
Item number: 316
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale; terracotta colored effects. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.
FOX
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Type of cast: Positive
Material: Chalk
Size: 9 x 8 x 3 cm
Price: 6,00 €
Item number: 317
Plaster cast obtained from a true footprint; 1: 1 scale; terracotta colored effects. Prepared for educational and exhibition use.