Dendritic Sandstone Pendant - SOLD 1.90" pietersite open-pit mining

open-pit mining

with the largest measuring 1ft (30 cm)

32" sandstone showcase piece that has been imprinted with a manganese oxide dendrite in a branching pattern

Above: Front of specimen card

Martian Dust Storm (Shergottite

Dendritic Sandstone Pendant - SOLD 1.90" pietersite open-pit miningThough 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. 90" sandstone pendant that has been imprinted with a