"Gary Green" Petrified Swamp Bog Woolly Mammoth Author Fred Ward notes that

Author Fred Ward notes that pearls were most certainly the world’s first valued gemstone

chisel like teeth

as it is used to make drilling mud (used in oil well drilling)

Colors or inclusions in Quartz are due to the presence of other minerals (particularly iron)

Moldavite is a unique type of Tektite

"Gary Green" Petrified Swamp Bog Woolly Mammoth Author Fred Ward notes thatBetween 11 15 million years ago, during the Miocene time period, a volcano located near what is now called McDermitt, Oregon erupted, spewing ash and debris over a widespread area. That ash, contained a combination of iron, aluminium, potassium, sodium and calcium, which covered everything for miles around, including shallow wetlands. Cattails, fish, amphibians and all other life in those wetlands (bogs) were suffocated by the ash and immediately