DD Fossils
KT boundary
The specimens on this page all originate from the end Cretaceous KT boundary, which was formed by the asteroid impact that lead to the extinction of the dinosaurs. This kind of material is getting increasingly difficult to find but we can offer material from several different localities.
Hell Creek burn layer wood fragment in gem jar
- A rare piece of burnt wood from the forest fires that raged after the meteorite impact.
- Found in the upper most layers of the Cretaceous in association with the microtektite material listed below.
- Many pieces still retain the wood structure
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Hell Creek burn layer wood fragments vial
- A ~4cm vial filled with coarser matrix containing wood fragments from the Kt boundary.
- Some glassy microtektite fragments are also present.
- The wood can still show some cell details.
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Hell Creek burn layer micro tektite glass rich matrix fine
- From the same bed as the burnt wood, this material is rich in fragments of wood and glassy microtektites, which formed by the molten rock of the asteroid inmapct raining back to earth.
- Wood fragments can still exhibit cell detail.
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Hell Creek burn layer micro tektite glass rich matrix medium
- Slightly larger grain size than that listed above, this material contains abundant glassy microtektites.
- Specimen is housed in a 2cm vial.
- Some super specimens have been picked from this material and illustrated in a couple of books, however, these are the exception and most are the usual globular form.
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Hell Creek burn layer slide mount
- Slide mount containing a smaller sample of the medium sized matrix listed above.
- Still contains abundant specimens from the burn layer.
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Hell Creek burn layer Micro tektites slide mount
- A slide containing around a dozen of the better quality microtektites that have been picked from a sample of matrix.
- These specimens all show the globular melted glassy appearance
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Agost, Spain KT boundary clay in vial
- A vial containing small fragments of clay from the KT boundary.
- The vial measures ~2cm tall
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Agost, Spain KT boundary clay fragment
- A 1cm piece of clay from the Kt boundary of Spain housed in a 3cm gem jar.
- £
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Bidart, France KT boundary clay in vial
- A vial containing small fragments of clay from the KT boundary.
- The vial measures ~2cm tall
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Bidart, France KT boundary clay fragment
- A 1cm piece of clay from the Kt boundary of Spain housed in a 3cm gem jar.
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- A 1cm piece of clay from the Kt boundary of Spain housed in a 3cm gem jar.
Stevensklint, Denmark KT boundary clay in vial
- A vial containing small fragments of clay from the KT boundary.
- The vial measures ~2cm tall
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Stevensklint, Denmark KT boundary clay fragment
- A 1cm piece of clay from the Kt boundary of Spain housed in a 3cm gem jar.
- £
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Gams Valley, Austria boundary clay fragment
- A 1cm piece of clay from the Kt boundary of Spain housed in a 3cm gem jar.
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- A 1cm piece of clay from the Kt boundary of Spain housed in a 3cm gem jar.
Gams Valley, Austria boundary clay in vial
- A vial containing small fragments of clay from the KT boundary of Austria.
- The vial measures ~2cm tall
- £
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Trochu, Canada KT boundary fragment
- Heavily carbonised piece of KT boundary from Trochu, Canada.
- Measures approximately 1cm
- This material is also likely the result of the intense heat of the forest fires that accompanied the asteroid impact.
- £
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Trochu, Canada KT boundary fragments in capsule
- A 2cm vial containing fragments from the Kt boundary of Trochu, Canada.
- £
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