08002 - Nicely Preserved 0.84 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Calymene Calcite is a carbonate mineral

Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)

• Silurian of Canada ( Northwest Territories

Impressive complete specimen

as well as very apt for teaching

estuary/bay

08002 - Nicely Preserved 0.84 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Calymene Calcite is a carbonate mineralNice unbroken specimen preserved in its natural phosphatic matrix. In the international market is very common to find Mosasaurus rests coming from the phosphate quarries of the Upper Cretaceous of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco). This quarries have been exploited since the beginning of the past century. Many sellers that sell this fossils do not make a good precise taxonomic identification work. In these sites there are numerous different species of