Fossil Snail Clusters rockinaboxopal LEAD WARNING: PCB Module board

LEAD WARNING: PCB Module board sections do contain lead as part of their manufacturing process

Their hexagonal patterning allowed these osteoderms to interlock together

Additional dark crevasses provide contrast for the asteroid surface design and reflect the hand-polishing each bead undergoes

This phenyl methyl silicone is filled with iron oxide

NASA disposition paperwork accompanying the tile indicates it was removed after the Space Shuttle Columbia’s 7th mission

Fossil Snail Clusters rockinaboxopal LEAD WARNING: PCB Module boardFossils are often the remains of a solitary creature, but sometimes they are dramatic scenes of our entire ecosystem, preserved forever. These mass mortality fossils form when a group of animals is wiped out in a cataclysm, an image of their sudden extinction but also a preservation of how they lived. These specimens are fossil snail clusters, preserving the remains of an Elimia tenera colony, dated to 48 million years ago. Found in the Green River