Bismuth Rainbow Crystal Staircase - 1.642" product-jf More details on the individual

More details on the individual specimens can be found below

This specimen was featured in the Second Edition of the Mini Museum and we are happy to offer it once again as a single specimen

uncovered in Utah's 150-million-year-old Morrison Formation where a massive sauropod once deposited it

to the K-Pg extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs

one finds the most ethereal forms of rock

Bismuth Rainbow Crystal Staircase - 1.642" product-jf More details on the individualBismuth is an element (Bi 83) best known for its unusual staircase shape, the result of bismuth atoms attaching to the edge of a rapidly growing crystal. This is called hoppering, when atoms are drawn to the edge of a structure, creating a lattice formation. This specimen is a Bismuth Rainbow Crystal, measuring 1. 642". While bismuth's practical uses are limited beyond some pharmaceuticals, the element's utterly unique colors and shape continue to