Gogotte

This Gogotte was found in the Paris Basin France, where some of the most beautiful naturally occurring sculptures are located. A rare and intriguing example, it dates from the Oligocene Period and is 28 – 33 million years old. It is produced when superheated water extruded through crevices into a basin of extremely fine white silicate sand. The silica then cemented the sand together to form the Gogotte’s fluid lines, which created natural sculptures.

This Gogotte is a rare natural beauty that formed within a rock that was deposited when the area was covered by sand dunes leaving a thick deposit of pure sand. Goggotes are formed from quartz crystals and calcium carbonate.

Gogotte

• Title:            Gogotte
• Found          Paris Basin France
• Date:            28 – 33 million years old
• Period:         Early Oligocene Period
• Material:     Quartz crystals and calcium carbonate
• Museum:    Natural History Museum, London

A Tour of the Natural History Museum, London

• Blue Whale
• Captain Robert Scott’s Emperor Penguin Egg
• Joseph Banks’ Herbarium Sheet from Cook’s First Voyage to Australia
• Gogotte
• Great Handaxe from Furze Platt
• Iguanodon Teeth
• Stegosaurus Stenops
• Dodo

A Tour of Natural History Museums

• Natural History Museum, London
• American Museum of Natural History, New York
• National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
• Shanghai Natural History Museum
• National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo

A Tour of Science and Technology Museums

• Science Museum, London
• Queensland Museum & Science Centre
• National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
• ArtScience Museum, Singapore
• Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
• Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland
• Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York
• National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
• National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo

A Tour of Maritime Museums

• Australian National Maritime Museum
• New Zealand Maritime Museum
• Queensland Maritime Museum
• WA Maritime Museum
• WA Shipwrecks Museum
• Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York
• USS Cod

 

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“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
– Albert Einstein

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Photo Credit: 1) JOM