Dendritic Sandstone Pendant - SOLD 1.84" featurednew Dane Picard

Dane Picard

including Wyoming’s state fossil: Knightia eocaena

and perhaps even locomotion

All other components of the necklace are sterling silver

recovered from the Two Medicine Formation in Montana

Dendritic Sandstone Pendant - SOLD 1.84" featurednew Dane PicardThough 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 necklace is a 1. 84" sandstone pendant that has been imprinted with a