Bicolor Tourmaline Fish Fossils Marine / Estuarine Shrimp: Fossil

Marine / Estuarine Shrimp: Fossil shrimp were first reported from the Mazon Creek area around 1860

transformed into stone by physical and chemical processes

weighting 6 to 15 tons and measuring up to 45 feet in length

000 feet thick

as the area was otherwise devoid of rock

Bicolor Tourmaline Fish Fossils Marine / Estuarine Shrimp: FossilAlbite (Elbaite) also known as Tourmaline is a group of mixed crystals with the following major members, Elbaite, Dravite, Schorl, Buergerite, Tsilaisite, and Uvite. The general color range of the mineral's family are colorless, pink, green, blue, yellow, brown, and black. What distinguishes tourmalines are the three sided cross sections that are different than any other mineral.