Colorado Turritella Agate
Eocene
About Colorado Turritella Agate
The Colorado Turritella Agate is a fossil-shell-stone fossil dating to the Eocene. Turritella Agate is a realistic Colorado fossil profile built around chalcedony packed with gastropod shell impressions from lake deposits. In this state, success usually comes from learning Morrison outcrops, Green River beds, and uplifted marine limestones, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Fossil collecting rules in Colorado vary by land status and fossil type. Common invertebrate fossils may be collectible on some public lands, but vertebrate fossils, protected park units, tribal lands, and cultural sites require a much higher level of care and often a permit. This is especially relevant in Morrison dinosaur beds and Eocene lake fossils.
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Trail: Dinosaur Ridge
Fossil Bed • Site-specific opportunities, Historic landscape clues
Trail: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fossil Bed • Site-specific opportunities, Historic landscape clues
Location: Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Location: San Isabel National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Identification Tips
- ●dense agate body
- ●crowded shell cross sections
- ●waxy polish
- ●Check Morrison outcrops, Green River beds, and uplifted marine limestones
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Utah Turritella Agate
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Arizona Turritella Agate
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Nevada Turritella Agate
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Turritella Agate is a realistic Nevada fossil profile built around chalcedony packed with gastropod shell impressions from lake deposits. In this state, success usually comes from learning badlands mudstones, petrified wood flats, and playa margins, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
New Mexico Turritella Agate
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Turritella Agate is a realistic New Mexico fossil profile built around chalcedony packed with gastropod shell impressions from lake deposits. In this state, success usually comes from learning badlands mudstones, petrified wood flats, and playa margins, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
Texas Turritella Agate
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Turritella Agate is a realistic Texas fossil profile built around chalcedony packed with gastropod shell impressions from lake deposits. In this state, success usually comes from learning red beds, chalk cuts, and dry creek gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
Oklahoma Turritella Agate
Eocene
Turritella Agate is a realistic Oklahoma fossil profile built around chalcedony packed with gastropod shell impressions from lake deposits. In this state, success usually comes from learning red beds, chalk cuts, and dry creek gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.