Dendrite Crystal Sandstone - SOLD 2.97" mm3_collection While this distinctive body plan

While this distinctive body plan suggests a link to birds

a new technological culture developed in North Africa: the Aterians

Their iconic body shapes have remain relatively unchanged through hundreds of millions of years

including dinosaurs

and shows a subtle

Dendrite Crystal Sandstone - SOLD 2.97" mm3_collection While this distinctive body planThough they may look like fossil plants, dendrites are incredible and inorganic formations that occur solely due to interactions between physics and geochemistry. These branching patterns are made of manganese oxides and commonly form on the surface of sandstones. As the manganese cools, it crystalizes into thin, tree like shapes in the same process that creates snowflakes. This specimen is a 2. 97" sandstone showcase piece that has been imprinted