Kömp's Fossils and Minerals

What Are Enhydros? An Agate Enhydro From Brazil      Enhydros are minerals with liquid water trapped inside of them. Enhydros are most commonly made of agate or quartz. Usually, quartz "enhydros" are actually called "Fluid Inclusions". Seeing as though that is what they are, that is what we should call them. Geodes with water inside are enhydros.  An easy way to picture an enhydro is by imagining a geode with water trapped inside the mineral instead of air. Enhydros are very common, with many on the market, ranging from 15 dollars to more than 1500 dollars.  How Are Enhydros Formed?      Enhydros are minerals that form around small or large bodies of water. Whilst forming, the mineral's walls build up around the water and end up encasing it in the mineral, whether it be agate, quartz, or any other mineral. Often times in quartz fluid inclusions, you can spot a tiny air bubble. Quartz fluid inclusions with moving bubbles are often more valuable, whilst the ones w

                                                                                  What Was The Tully Monster? An artist's render of what a Tully Monster could've looked like      The "Tullimonstrum gregarium", better known as the Tully Monster, was an ancient Pennsylvanian era creature that had a long proboscis and handlebar-esque eye stalks. This mouth had two pincers at the end and the actual mouth part where the food would travel down. The Tully Monster is thought to be related to the common day Lamprey. Both the Tully Monster and the Lamprey have similar "gills", which are little holes in the side of their bodies. Lampreys with their "hole gills".                                                                                           Environmen t      Long ago, during the Pennsylvanian period about 300 million years ago, Illinois used to be a muddy swamp, filled with biodiversity. There were animals that are related to modern-day lizards, fro