Pine Cones

A TOP QUALITY,  EXTRA LARGE rare Araucaria mirabilis pine cone cut and polished specimen from Argentina. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their highy quality and extreme preservation. This cone is large and shows both great interior and exterior detail.The internal detail is exceptional. One of my finest cut and  polished pine cone specimen in stock and I will not be getting any more as exports have stopped more than 10 years ago.  Authenticity guaranteed. My largest remaining polished half!

X310      Size: 3" x 2-3/4"

Note - Adding 9 new pine cone specimens in July 2019.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A TOP QUALITY,  LARGE rare Araucaria mirabilis pine cone cut and polished specimen from Argentina. An October Fossil of the Month. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their highy quality and extreme preservation. This cone is large and shows both great interior and exterior detail.The internal detail is exceptional. One of my finest cut and  polished pine cone specimen in stock and I will not be getting any more as exports have stopped more than 10 years ago.  Authenticity guaranteed. These are the last of my Araucaria pine cones. My BEST one!

X312      Size: 2-3/8" x  2"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils

A TOP QUALITY,  LARGE rare Araucaria mirabilis pine cone cut and polished specimen from Argentina. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their highy quality and extreme preservation. This cone is large and shows both great interior and exterior detail.The internal detail is exceptional. One of my finest cut and  polished pine cone specimen in stock and I will not be getting any more as exports have stopped more than 10 years ago.  Authenticity guaranteed. These are the last of my Araucaria pine cones. 

X311      Size: 2-1/2" x  2-1/2"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils

A Top Quality, rare Pararaucaria pine cone specimen from Argentina. An October Fossil of the Month. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their high quality and great preservation. This cone shows exceptional detail. I no longer receive any more specimens as exports have stopped for more than 10 years.  No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. These are the last of my Pararaucaria pine cones. My BEST one!

X322        Size: 1-3/4"  

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A Top Quality, rare Pararaucaria pine cone specimen from Argentina. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their high quality and great preservation. This cone shows excellent detail. I no longer receive any more specimens as exports have stopped for more than 10 years.  No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. These are the last of my Pararaucaria pine cones. 

X321        Size: 1-11/16"  

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A Top Quality, rare Pararaucaria pine cone specimen from Argentina. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their high quality and great preservation. This cone shows very good detail. I no longer receive any more specimens as exports have stopped for more than 10 years.  No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. These are the last of my Pararaucaria pine cones.

X324        Size: 2-1/16"  

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A Top Quality, rare Pararaucaria pine cone specimen from Argentina. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their high quality and great preservation. This cone shows good detail and has a small chip on the rear. I no longer receive any more specimens as exports have stopped for more than 10 years.  No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. These are the last of my Pararaucaria pine cones.

X325        Size: 1-15/16"  

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A Top Quality, rare Pararaucaria pine cone specimen from Argentina. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their high quality and great preservation. This cone shows fair detail. I no longer receive any more specimens as exports have stopped for more than 10 years.  No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. These are the last of my Pararaucaria pine cones.

X323        Size: 1-11/16"  

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A Top Quality, rare Pararaucaria pine cone specimen from Argentina. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their high quality and great preservation. This cone shows good detail and has a small section of the top missing.  I no longer receive any more specimens as exports have stopped for more than 10 years.  No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. These are the last of my Pararaucaria pine cones.

X326        Size: 1-15/16"  

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

An EXTRA LARGE, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit / seed pod specimen from Morocco. The Moroccan "pine cone". Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco. Excellent detail preserved. Note that the interior of the cone is replaced by agate.        

X351       Size: 2-9/16"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

An exceptional, rare Araucaria petrified limb specimen from Cerro Cuadrado, Argentina. The stem has several nodes where cones were attached. Both ends have been cut and polished to show the internal structure. Authenticity guaranteed.    

X327       Size: 5-1/2"  (1-1/4" W)

An excellent, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit / seed pod specimen from Morocco. The Moroccan "pine cone". Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco. Excellent detail preserved. Note that the interior of the cone is replaced by agate.        

X358       Size: 2"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

An exceptional, rare Araucaria petrified limb specimen from Cerro Cuadrado, Argentina. Both ends have been cut and polished to show the internal structure. Authenticity guaranteed.    

X329       Size: 3-1/2"  (1-1/2" W)

A TOP QUALITY, Metasequoia dakotensis cone from Montana. These "dinosaur age" pine cones are found in the Hell Creek Formation of Dawson Co., Montana. These Upper Cretaceous pine cones are high quality with great preservation. They are fully inflated spheres and maximun size (redwoods produce very small cones for their size!). The Metasequoia is the "dawn redwood", and it is one of the three redwood conifers species. Authenticity guaranteed. 

X361       Size: 1"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

An excellent, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit / seed pod specimen from Morocco. The Moroccan "pine cone". Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco. Excellent detail preserved. Note that the interior of the cone is replaced by agate.        

X353       Size: 2-1/8"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

An Extra Large, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit specimen from Morocco. Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco.      

X354       Size: 2-3/16"

Note - Adding 10 Moroccan Dicotaledon specimens in July 2019.  Link to the Dicotaledon specimens

A TOP QUALITY, Metasequoia dakotensis cone from Montana. These "dinosaur age" pine cones are found in the Hell Creek Formation of Dawson Co., Montana. These Upper Cretaceous pine cones are high quality with great preservation.They are fully inflated spheres and maximun size (redwoods produce very small cones for their size!). The Metasequoia is the "dawn redwood", and it is one of the three redwood conifers species. Authenticity guaranteed. 

X362       Size: 1"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

An exceptional, rare Araucaria petrified limb specimen from Cerro Cuadrado, Argentina. One end has been cut and polished to show the internal structure. Authenticity guaranteed.    

X328       Size: 3-1/4"  (1-1/4" W)

An Extra Large, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit specimen from Morocco. Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco.      

X352       Size: 2-1/4"

Note - Adding 10 Moroccan Dicotaledon specimens in July 2019.  Link to the Dicotaledon specimens

A TOP QUALITY, Metasequoia dakotensis cone from Montana. These "dinosaur age" pine cones are found in the Hell Creek Formation of Dawson Co., Montana. These Upper Cretaceous pine cones are high quality with great preservation.They are fully inflated spheres and maximun size (redwoods produce very small cones for their size!). The Metasequoia is the "dawn redwood", and it is one of the three redwood conifers species. Authenticity guaranteed. 

X363       Size: 7/8"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A TOP QUALITY, Metasequoia dakotensis cone from Montana. These "dinosaur age" pine cones are found in the Hell Creek Formation of Dawson Co., Montana. These Upper Cretaceous pine cones are high quality with great preservation. They are fully inflated spheres and maximun size (redwoods produce very small cones for their size!). The Metasequoia is the "dawn redwood", and it is one of the three redwood conifers species. Authenticity guaranteed.  

X364       Size: 7/8"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A excellent, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit specimen from Morocco. Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco.      

X355       Size: 1-7/8"

Note - Adding 10 Moroccan Dicotaledon specimens in July 2019.  Link to the Dicotaledon specimens

A TOP QUALITY, Metasequoia dakotensis cone from Montana. These "dinosaur age" pine cones are found in the Hell Creek Formation of Dawson Co., Montana. These Upper Cretaceous pine cones are high quality with great preservation.They are fully inflated spheres and maximun size (redwoods produce very small cones for their size!). The Metasequoia is the "dawn redwood", and it is one of the three redwood conifers species. Authenticity guaranteed. 

X368       Size: 7/8"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A TOP QUALITY, Metasequoia dakotensis cone from Montana. These "dinosaur age" pine cones are found in the Hell Creek Formation of Dawson Co., Montana. These Upper Cretaceous pine cones are high quality with great preservation.They are fully inflated spheres and maximun size (redwoods produce very small cones for their size!). The Metasequoia is the "dawn redwood", and it is one of the three redwood conifers species. Authenticity guaranteed. 

X366       Size: 13/16"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A TOP QUALITY, Metasequoia dakotensis cone from Montana. These "dinosaur age" pine cones are found in the Hell Creek Formation of Dawson Co., Montana. These Upper Cretaceous pine cones are high quality with great preservation. They are fully inflated spheres and maximun size (redwoods produce very small cones for their size!). The Metasequoia is the "dawn redwood", and it is one of the three redwood conifers species. Authenticity guaranteed.  

X367       Size: 13/16"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

An excellent, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit / seed pod specimen from Morocco. The Moroccan "pine cone". Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco. Note that the interior of the cone is replaced by agate.     

X359       Size: 2"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A TOP QUALITY, Metasequoia dakotensis cone from Montana. These "dinosaur age" pine cones are found in the Hell Creek Formation of Dawson Co., Montana. These Upper Cretaceous pine cones are high quality with great preservation.They are fully inflated spheres and maximun size (redwoods produce very small cones for their size!). The Metasequoia is the "dawn redwood", and it is one of the three redwood conifers species. Authenticity guaranteed. 

X365       Size: 7/8"

Note - Adding 20 new pine cone specimens in October 2021.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A excellent, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit specimen from Morocco. Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco.      

X356       Size: 1-7/8"

Note - Adding 10 Moroccan Dicotaledon specimens in July 2019.  Link to the Dicotaledon specimens

A excellent, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit specimen from Morocco. Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco.      

X357       Size: 1-11/16"

Note - Adding 10 Moroccan Dicotaledon specimens in July 2019.  Link to the Dicotaledon specimens

An excellent, rare unidentified Dicotaledon fruit specimen from Morocco. Found in the late Eocene sediments in Western Sahara, Morocco.      

X360       Size: 1-3/8"

Note - Adding 10 Moroccan Dicotaledon specimens in July 2019.  Link to the Dicotaledon specimens

A very nice, rare Araucaria mirabilis pine cone polished half specimen from Argentina. Great detail. Authenticity guaranteed.     

X304  BoP      Size: 2-1/2"

A TOP QUALITY, LARGE rare Araucaria mirabilis pine cone specimen from Argentina. A July 2019 Fossil of the Month. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their high quality and extreme preservation. This cone is large and shows great exterior detail and a small stem (rare). The Araucaria cone has exceptional inflation; not naturally compressed which commonly occurs. A fully inflated specimen - rare! This is the best larger pine cone that I had in stock and I will not be getting any more as exports have stopped for more than 10 years!  Authenticity guaranteed. 

X303     Size: 2-5/8" x 1-7/8"

A TOP QUALITY, LARGE Araucaria mirabilis pine cone limb section from Argentina. This limb section is nicely articulated and demonstrates the excellent preservation that is present with the cones. As shown, one end was cut and polished to show wood detail. I will not be getting any more as exports have stopped. A nice display piece to accompany your cones.  Authenticity guaranteed. 

X339       Size: 2-3/4" (center piece) plus 5/8" cut section

Note - Adding 14 new pine cone specimens in December 2017.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A Top Quality, EXTRA LARGE, rare Pinus sp. pine cone specimen from Germany. This pine cone is fully inflated. Excellent preservation. Authenticity guaranteed. Note – nodule matrix size is 3-1/4”.

Name: Pinus sp. Age: Upper Oligocene (32 mya) Location: Bad Kreuznach, Germany

X332        Size: 2-3/8" (1" W)

A TOP QUALITY,  LARGE rare Araucaria mirabilis pine cone cut and polished specimen from Argentina. A December Fossil of the Month. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their highy quality and extreme preservation. This cone is large and shows both great interior and exterior detail.The internal detail is exceptional. One of my finest cut and  polished pine cone specimen in stock and I will not be getting any more as exports have stopped more than 10 years ago.  Authenticity guaranteed. 

X313      Size: 2-7/16" x 1-7/8"

Note - Adding 9 new pine cone specimens in December 2020.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

A GEM LARGE, rare Pinus sp. pine cone specimen from Germany.  This pine cone is fully inflated - quite rare. Fantastic preservation. One of the finest specimens that I have seen from the German site. Note - nodule matrix is 3.5" long. Definitely one of the BEST. Authenticity guaranteed. 

Name: Pinus sp.    Age: Upper Oligocene (32 mya)    Location: Bad Kreuznach, Germany

 X331        Size: 1-1/2"   (7/8" W)