BCCI has Limited Quantity of Michael Hoover 110s and 112s on their site

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There were only 33 made. They are on their member store site. They are not cheap ($400 ish). For BCCI members only. A bunch have already been sold. Maybe someone with available picture space can show a picture. They are stone with tiny snail shells in it.
 
"Turritella agate is the popular name used for a brown, translucent, fossiliferous highly silicated fossil deposit found in the Green River formation of Wyoming. It is very easy to recognize because it contains large fossil snails that stand out in a white-to-tan color that contrasts with the brownish agate.

This organic gem material was incorrectly named decades ago when the christener thought that the spectacular spiral-shaped gastropod (snail) fossils entombed within the stone were members of the marine Turritella genus. That was a mistake. Instead, the fossils are of the freshwater snail, Elimia tenera, a member of the Pleuroteridae family.

Before the correct name was realized and widely published, the gem material became quite popular and the name “Turritella” went wild in lapidary magazines, gem, mineral, and fossil books, catalogs, and exhibits. Today it is typically seen without corrective note in all of those sources, along with websites, online auctions, and computer software. Only a fraction of the people who have collected the material, cut it into cabochons, sold it, bought it, or worn it in jewelry have any knowledge that Elimia is a more appropriate name.

This stone does have some minor “texture”, mostly pits and a few lines in the stone."

Buck Hoover 112.jpg
 
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