Utah Turritella Agate Identification

Turritella Agate is a realistic Utah 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.

Key Traits

  • dense agate body
  • crowded shell cross sections
  • waxy polish
  • Check Morrison outcrops, Green River beds, and uplifted marine limestones

Era

Eocene

Type

fossil shell stone

Take TroveRadar Into the Field

Offline maps, species identification, and find logging. Never lose a honey-hole again.

Download Free App

Explore More