11-1/2" Scutella Fossil 984cabaa01be0eaa051bad79d9c4bd6f Utah pictorially exhibits the wild

Utah pictorially exhibits the wild breathtaking beauty of Utah’s “Canyon Lands” in miniature form

Cuprite is a copper oxide mineral

the more widely accepted theory of its extinction is placed upon the dramatic climatic fluctuations during the Pleistocene period

The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small : by author Ted Andrews

Perfectly shaped and measuring ~ 2" in diameter

11-1/2" Scutella Fossil 984cabaa01be0eaa051bad79d9c4bd6f Utah pictorially exhibits the wildScutella fossils are calcified remains of marine echinoderms (starfish, crinoids, sea urchins). They existed during the Miocene Epoch about 20 12 million years ago. The name scutella originates from the Latin "scutum", which means shield. It refers to the hard, chitin calcite plates that formed the animal's exoskeleton.