Concorde Jet Rotor carboniferous This specimen is a polished

This specimen is a polished slice of agatized coprolite or "dinosaur dung" from the Morrison Formation in Utah

metallic oxides migrated through the porous material

The struggle of life on our dynamic planet is a tale of boom and bust reflected by countless cycles of life in the geological record

59" fossil root from the genus Lepidodendron which was recovered from a coal bed in Kentucky

we can see the light "terra" and dark "mare

Concorde Jet Rotor carboniferous This specimen is a polishedThis specimen is a fragment of a high pressure compressor vane taken from the jet engine of the Concorde. The original titanium vane was divided into long, thin slices using a high energy cutter, after which each slice was hand polished and cut into the "delta wing" shape you see here. This is the same process we used to produce the specimen in the Mini Museum itself, but this larger specimen measures approximately 1 cm in length. Please note that