The Turritella Agate can be used to help subdue one's superiority complex. It helps to bring one back to earth, so to speak. It is composed by sea creatures, snails that are fossilized into stone. It is a stone many use for healing Mother Earth, as it opens the channels between the plant world and the mineral world.
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A Bibliography on "Turritella" agate ... Dolenc, A., 1979, Turritella agate – a new find in southwest Wyoming. Lapidary Journal 33(8): 1692. ... Spendlove, E., 1977, Wyoming Turritella agate. Field trip: it's in the Delaney Rim South of Wamsutter. Rock and Gem 7(6):52-55.
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Turritella Agate is from a silicated sedimentary layer that contains fossil shells of gastropods. Although this material is called "turritella" agate, the shells are most likely from the gastropod Goniobasis. Either way, Turritella Agate is a very cool material that cuts interesting gems.
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Turritella Agate: Some 40-60 million years ago, an ancient saltwater sea covered what is now Wyoming. A snail of the Turritella species lived in its shallow waters. The shell of this snail is a small, long, tapering spire with numerous whorls.
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ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, wda1@cornell.edu. ... As is well known to professionals and most serious amateurs, “turritella agate” is not composed of turritellid gastropods (a ... Most of the commercially available material comes from south of Wamsutter,
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Discover the geology, history, magical and healing traditions for Turritella Agate, turritella agate gemstones and crystals. ... Turritella Agate is not right. It is not an Agate, but more closely related to Jasper, like Petrified Wood. It is not a fossil of Turritella Gastropods, but a fossil of Elimia Tenera...
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Turritella agate slabs, fossil slabs ... Turritella agate from WY, is actually a misidentification of Goniobasis, a similar fossilized spiral snail shell and these gastropods are up to 1 1/2" long. The name of turritella is more commonly known and is easier to pronounce then Goniobasis.
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PR: An interview with one of the world experts on agates. (PRWEB) February 11, 2005 -- M -- Hi Ren R -- Hi Matthew M -- Could you tell us a bit about your Crystal Caves museum and the Agates Australia business? R -- Sure no problem. ... M -- What do you think about the Laguna agate? R -- Undoubtedly the Laguna agate is...
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Agate (pronounced /ˈæɡət/ ) is a microcrystalline variety of quartz (silica), chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in...
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