Agate ps. After Gastropod (rare and fine) Jurassic-age

Item Description

A superlative, very sharp, 1.3 x 1.1 cm, rare agatized aquatic gastropod from the Jurassic-aged, Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation of Mesa County, Colorado. The fossil definition is outstanding, as is the aesthetic placement on the sculptural sandstone matrix, which has a few agatized fossil fragments and smaller gastropods (shell hash). The fossil has a very pretty burnt-orange color and is translucent. Gastopod fossils of this quality are very rare from this locality. The species is Viviparous reesidei and this is the 'Type Locality'. UNUSUAL AND INTERESTING OLD COLORADO MATERIAL! we bought a small, old lot of these at Munich from an old collection...otherwise, nearly impossible to attain and acquire!