Struthiomimus Hand Claw | Judith River Formation | Montana Fish This beautiful fluorite palm stone

This beautiful fluorite palm stone has distinctive purples and greens which are natural to this mineral

some of the largest relative to body size of any organism

FeO/MnO = 41-43

had a chemical attraction for the sediment around them and became trapped

Cladistics 24 (6): 977-992

Struthiomimus Hand Claw | Judith River Formation | Montana Fish This beautiful fluorite palm stoneStruthiomimus Late Cretaceous (~74 MYO) Judith River Formation Montana, USA Specimen approx. size: 1. 25" This is a beautiful Struthiomimus hand claw from the Judith River Formation in Montana. The tip is missing and there is a crack on the convex side of the claw, although it appears to be superficial. The claw has been stabilized with glue to minimize any potential further damage. Struthiomimus (meaning "ostrich mimic") is a genus of ornithomimid