Fossil corals: Fossils, rocks and ...scorpions!

Hello, again !
Sometime , looking for fossils, rocks and plants, one can have an unexpected encounter...like this :

Fossil corals: Idar-Oberstein Museum, Germany

From Germany, Idar-Oberstein, Museum of Minerals, these beautiful displays :

EMERALD

A short youtube video whith more minerals.

Fossil corals : Clypeaster

From the short visit in the MUPE museum, Elche , I still have pictures of some beautiful fossils .
This time, the Clypeaster genus, a fossil sea urchin (Echinoderm), Late Eocene-Recent.

Clypeaster altus

Clypeaster altus, Miocene, Albacete

Clypeaster taurus,(my favorite) Miocene, Murcia : 

Clypeaster portentosus pyramidalis (pyramiladis = pyramidalis? ) Miocene, Elche  :

And many other fossils can be admired in the museum...simply go and visit !
ME GUSTA EL MUSEO MUPE (Elche) !

Fossil corals: Mupe, Elche, Spain, 2012

A few fossil corals, fossil echinoderms, fossil gastropods, from Mupe, Elche, Spain :

Theodoxus sp , Miocene, Valencia

Strombus latus , Pliocene, Murcia

Echinoderms :

Cidaris melitensis, Miocene, Elche, Spain :

Fossil corals 

Fossil corals: Turritella fossils

Large quantities of Turritella fossil , embedded in sandstone  :

Fossil corals: Fossils in rocks

Around this fossilized reef : 

I have found yesterday, some beautiful fossils (in rocks).

This fossil bryozoa 

after rinsing, look like a small fan :