Infant Mammoth Teeth Pair (w/ stands) Hematite During the second and first

During the second and first millenia B

or faint lines that mimic the shape of the main termination of the crystal

) The variation in colors are due to trace amounts of other elements replacing the calcium during the crystalline formation

Hematite is an iron oxide crystal and an important ore of iron

displaying deep rich purple coloration

Infant Mammoth Teeth Pair (w/ stands) Hematite During the second and firstMammoths existed during the Pliocene period, some 4. 8 million years ago. However, the earliest Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was discovered in Eurasia, with its remains dating back only 150,000 years ago. Most Woolly Mammoths disappeared between 10 12,000 years ago with a few notable exceptions. Mammoth remains were discovered on St. Paul's Island off the coast of Alaska, dating around 6,000 years old, and on Wrangel Island north of Siberia,