Double Barite Rose Rock Otodus This fossil slice is elegantly

This fossil slice is elegantly wrapped in warm copper wire

as seen in photos

Outside fluoresces a red and white

and rarely blue

The fool's gold of fossils

Double Barite Rose Rock Otodus This fossil slice is elegantlyThe reddish brown rock consists of sandy crystals of barite (barium sulphate) in petal like clusters that resemble a rose in full bloom. Most Rose Rocks are one half inch to four inches in diameter and consist of five to twenty radiating petals. Deposited 250 million years ago during the Permian Period of geological time, the rocks are usually found in Oklahomas Garber sandstone formations. Because barite is harder and more durable than sandstone, the