Shipwrecked Piece of Eight - Silver Spanish Dollar Fragment jewelry_hq 03" Orthoceras fossil with a

03" Orthoceras fossil with a fine sterling silver backing and an 18-inch chain of the same material

NOVUS 1 gently cleans all plastics without scratching

Chondrites can be identified by the presence of small round grains called chondrules

It is firmly mounted in a sturdy steel stand and is perfect for tabletop display

Buslov and Inna Safonova

Shipwrecked Piece of Eight - Silver Spanish Dollar Fragment jewelry_hq 03" Orthoceras fossil with aTales of pirates looting Spanish galleons have entertained us for centuries, but the Spanish lost far more vessels to storms. The Nuestra Seora de la Concepcin, a flagship of the Spanish navy, left Havana in September of 1641 at the head of a 21 ship fleet and carrying 100 tons of silver and gold. A hurricane struck almost immediately, hobbling the ship, which then drifted into the reefs and shoals along the Florida coast. This specimen is a piece of