Olympic Relay Torch - Athens 2004 plesiosaurvertebra The material is extremely hard

The material is extremely hard so no worries about scratching

Sapphires form very slowly inside cooling igneous and metamorphic rocks as metals seep into aluminum oxide crystals

The size and strength of the vertebrae were essential to providing support for this enormous predator

not a monster like blockbuster movies might make some believe

Olympic Relay Torch - Athens 2004 plesiosaurvertebra The material is extremely hard"We shall not have peace until the prejudices which now separate the different races shall have been outlived. To attain this end, what better means than to bring the youth of all countries periodically together for amicable trials of muscular strength and agility?" ~ Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games This specimen is a pair of olive wood and aluminum fragments from an Olympic Relay Torch used in advance of the 2004 games in