20326 - Top Beautiful 1.98 Inch Irregular Native Copper - Bou Nahas (South Morocco) Mosasaurus hoffmanni Haluza et al

Haluza et al

a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco

In the occlusion area still numerous sensory pits along both sides and within the tongue groove can be observed

The majority of collected material occurs as 2-5 cm

2003: 397-408

20326 - Top Beautiful 1.98 Inch Irregular Native Copper - Bou Nahas (South Morocco) Mosasaurus hoffmanni Haluza et alNative copper is an uncombined form of copper that occurs as a natural mineral. Copper is one of the few metallic elements to occur in native form, although it most commonly occurs in oxidized states and mixed with other elements. Native copper was an important ore of copper in historic times and was used by pre historic peoples. Native copper occurs rarely as isometric cubic and octahedral crystals, but more typically as irregular masses and fracture