Would love a few mineral specimens as shown. Any availability?
Thank you,
Lily
I’ve collected rocks since I was a kid, and I remember, as a kid, being enthralled with this fossilized Turritella Agate rock. To earn spending money, I made jewelry by epoxying this, and other tumbled stones to findings, and making necklaces. Then, when I was in the Army, stationed in Japan, I made jewelry for the guys to send home to their “girl”, and the money I made allowed me to buy my first Nikon F, SLR camera and lenses.
As I said, earlier, “Turritella” Agate’s rich brown & black colors, of fossilized sea shells, that are millions of years old, had always enthralled me, and I learned that these mollusks, have relatives that are alive today. One thing that makes this gem fossil very special is, in general when sea shells fossilize, they form (soft) limestone and marble, or in sandstone. But in this rare occurrence, these sea shells ended up becoming fossilized in (hard) Agate, and they are only found in the state of Wyoming.
Mary,
Thanks for asking. Unfortunately, we do not sell the rough material.
Can you purchase the stones before they are cut into beads, the Turiria Agate?