Aragonite Crystals Dimetrodon This becautiful framed replica Bothriolepis

This becautiful framed replica Bothriolepis was found in Scaumemac Bay

also known as Sasquatch

The detail is excellent

The model was extensively and meticulously researched over a 10 year period from specimens in the Carnegie and other museum collections

which tells us about the osteology of these ancient animals

Aragonite Crystals Dimetrodon This becautiful framed replica BothriolepisAragonite is a carbonate mineral, one of the two common, naturally occurring polymorphs of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. The other polymorph is the mineral calcite. Aragonite's crystal lattice differs from that of calcite, resulting in a different crystal shape, an orthorhombic system with acicular crystals. Repeated twinning results in pseudo hexagonal forms. Aragonite may be columnar or fibrous, occasionally in branching stalactitic forms called flos