
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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Photo Credit: 1) JOM