Mythical Era Fossils

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, it’s the Pokemon Fossil Gift box! Available starting September 30 at mythicalerafossils.etsy.com!

For October, we’re offering this spooky and mysterious wooden chest. What’s inside? Check back this Thursday to find out!

Happy Autumn Equinox from Mythical Era Fossils!
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Today we celebrate the 87th anniversary of The Hobbit! What was your favorite part of the book? PC: Allen & Unwin

Did one of your party members land an epic finishing blow on a dragon? Celebrate by awarding them a black dragon horn as a trophy! https://mythicalerafossils.etsy.com/listing/1481173953/black-dragon-horn-cast-resin-fossil

Bones provide a wealth of information about the ecosystem. For example, small animals often chew on bones as a source of calcium. The gnaw marks near the bottom of this specimen tell us that small mammals, such as squirrels or voles lived in the area. https://mythicalerafossils.etsy.com/listing/1422898375/unicorn-horn-cast-resin-bone-replica-10

On this day in 1977, J.R.R. Tolkien’s great history of Middle-Earth, The Silmarillion, was first published. Comment below if you’ve read it! PC: Ted Nasmith

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Green dragons are another species commonly found throughout Europe. Making their lairs in dense forests, they occasionally come into conflict with black dragons over territory. Green dragons have no large horns, but instead sport clusters of small hornlets around the eyes and chin. Their legs and necks are longer than those of other dragons, allowing them to peer over the tops of trees. Green dragons can exhale a cloud of corrosive gas and smell faintly of chlorine.

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The Black Dragon Gift Box comes with:
- A Black Dragon Tooth
- A Black Dragon Horn
- Two sizes of burlap bags for storage
- Info cards for each specimen
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It’s never too early to buy a one-of-a-kind Christmas present! Plus, Halloween is right around the corner, and these dragon bones make the most detailed decorations ever! The Black Dragon Gift Box goes on sale this Monday at mythicalerafossils.etsy.com!

Jump-start your fossil collection with our Black Dragon Gift Box! It includes everything from the Black Dragon Tooth and Horn listings, but you save 10% by purchasing them together in this special set! Start saving September 2 at mythicalerafossils.etsy.com!

We’re wrapping up our Year of the Dragon-themed releases with a special offer! Come back August 28 for more details!

Short on space? Start your own micro-museum! We have a variety of real fossils that are small enough to fit on a business card, with prices to match! https://mythicalerafossils.etsy.com/

When making a mold, clay is the most versatile medium to use for everything from pour spouts to walls. Just avoid the temptation to create a clay golem.

Blue dragons are less common than other varieties, preferring to make their nests in arid badlands and deserts. Due to the scarcity of food in these regions, blue dragons are omnivores, eating just about anything available, although their favorite food consists of herd animals such as camels. They are excellent burrowers, and will often lie in wait under the sand for unsuspecting prey to come within striking distance, incapacitating them using their lightning breath. Blue dragons can be identified by the single large horn on their snouts and frilled ears. PC: WotC

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We’ll conclude our paint history series for now with the color Ocher– the most mysterious earth pigment. Ocher was named after the ochre jelly, a species of ooze often found in dungeons, which has a distinctive yellow color. The pigment is mainly composed of iron oxide, with little to no manganese oxide, which is why it is lighter in color than either sienna or umber. Along with other earth pigments, ocher works well as a base for both oil and watercolor paints due to its fast dry time and non-toxic nature. Because it is fairly subtle, ocher is best used to blend other colors or to duplicate the look of modern bones and recent fossils.

Red dragons are the largest and most well-known type of chromatic dragon. As the name suggests, they have red scales, sometimes with lighter-colored scales along their underside. They have a pair of horns sweeping back from the head which can be red, white, or black in color. Red dragons breathe fire and prefer to live in caves on high mountains or volcanoes. They were most common in medieval Europe, where they would devour cattle, kidnap princesses, and terrorize the countryside. Knights were specially trained to deal with these monsters, and managed to reduce their numbers until dragons were driven to the brink of extinction. See a red dragon horn up close at https://mythicalerafossils.etsy.com/listing/1434533324/red-dragon-horn-cast-resin-fossil

Happy Smokey Bear Day!
The Smokey Bear is a famous druid that takes the form of a human/bear hybrid. This lycanthrope has vowed to protect trees from forest fires and travels the woodlands to ensure their safety. While generally peaceful, he can be a formidable adversary, as many would-be arsonists have learned.

Part two of our paint history series focuses on the often-misunderstood umber! This pigment was named after the Umbrian mountains, or Mountains of Shadow, where it was originally mined. For centuries, the region was ruled by a powerful necromancer, making umber pigment very dangerous to acquire. As a result, it became the most expensive paint at the time, and only the richest nobles commissioned portraits using it. Umber became associated with wealth and prestige, a reputation which persists into modern times. Raw umber contains the highest levels of manganese oxide of the earth pigments, resulting in a darker brown color than sienna. When subjected to calcination, some of the base metal iron oxide transmutes to hematite, resulting in the more reddish burnt umber. Fossils found in the Morrison Formation can be raw umber in color, while those of the Hell Creek and Daggerfall Formations tend to be more on the burnt umber side.