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| Oyster Shell Fossil from Casamarca, Peru -- This exquisite item is an oyster shell fossil from Peru. It is double sided and very agatey looking and feeling. Each side is pictured. It weighs 3.0 ounces and measures 2.75 x 2.25 x 5/8".
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| Trilobite fossil from Alnif, Morocco. Trilobite without matrix measures 1 x 7/8 x 5/8" and with matrix, weighs 1.8 ounces. It has been cleaned and detailed nicely
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| Fossil worm from Guizhou province in China. From the Middle Ordovician period. Measures 1.5 x 1.5 x .5" and weighs .8 ounces.
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| Large fossil Ammonite from Morocco. Nicely detailed on one side; weighs 2 pounds 8.5 ounces and measures 5.5 x 4.5 x 1.5".
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| Fossil TURITELLA with base in matrix from Bordeaux, France. Miocene epoch. Nicely cleaned. The photo flash whitened this more than it really is. All surfaces are more mustard yellow tinged than white tinged (see left side photo of double turitella below for nearly perfect coloring). Actual fossil measures 2.5" long and weighs 3.1 ounces. Base measures 2.5 x 1.5 x 7/8".
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| Fossil TURITELLA with base in matrix from Bordeaux, France. Miocene epoch. Nicely cleaned. The photo flash whitened this more than it really is. All surfaces are more mustard yellow tinged than white tinged. (see photo on left of double, below, for almost perfect coloring) Actual fossil measures 2.5" long and weighs 3.4 ounces. Base measures 2.0 x 2.0 x 2.50"
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The eastern edge of Wyoming's Red Desert, where we found the fossil algae and goniobasis fossils (locally called turitella agate).
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