Turitella Fossil Stone

Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae. They have tightly coiled shells, whose overall shape is basically that of an elongated cone.  Turritella Agate has inclusions of fossilized turret shells. Turritella is one of the most common Mesozoic and Tertiary fossils in North America

The name Turritella comes from the Latin word turritus meaning "turreted" or "towered" and the diminutive suffix -ella.

Despite its name, “Turritella agate” is not made of fossil snails of the genus Turritella. Professionals and many amateurs have realized this for a long time, but the name (and the confusion it promotes) has persisted. The snails are actually properly referred to as Elimia tenera, in the family Pleuroceridae.

The rock in which they are so abundant varies from soft sandstone to a dense chalcedony. It is this dense silicified rock that is so popular with gem and mineral hobbyists, and also with purveyors of "new age" ideas such as crystal healing.

Elimia agate comes from the Green River Formation in Southwestern Wyoming, Northeastern Utah, and Northwestern Colorado, from layers deposited in a series of ancient lakes that geologist call Lake Gosiute and Lake Uinta, in the early and middle parts of the Eocene Epoch, between around 53 and 42 million years ago.  These rocks, in other words, formed in fresh water.  The real Turritella is a group of snails that live only in the ocean.  The shells of Elimia are distinguishable from real Turritella by being generally shorter and wider, but especially in having axial as well as spiral sculpture on the shell.

It has a strong connection with the earth. It is believed to be good for earth healing. Turritella crystals are connected with survival instincts and helpful supporting through change. 

Beneficial for emotional trauma; self-confidence; concentration; perception; analytical abilities; aura stabilization; negative-energy transformation; emotional disease; digestive process; gastritis; eyes; stomach; uterus; lymphatic system; pancreas; blood vessels; skin disorders.

It can be carried as a protective amulet. Turritella agates are among healing stones called "record keepers" and can be used to attain knowledge of past events in history.