Tufa | Aquarium Safe Limestone Formation | Nevada Ancient Sea Floor opals Septarian nodule slice approx

Septarian nodule slice approx

This genus is among the most common and well-documented nautiloids from the Jurassic period

This impressive fossil displays the skull of a Steneosaurus bollensis

Weighs 1lb 4oz

Tufa | Aquarium Safe Limestone Formation | Nevada Ancient Sea Floor opals Septarian nodule slice approxNevada tufa is a natural rock that formed 10,000 to 20,000 years ago when half of Nevada was covered by an inland sea called Lahontan. The tufa formed on the sea floor when natural mineral springs came into contact with saline sea water and the dissolved minerals precipitated out of solution. The minerals, calcium carbonate and silica, fell to the sea floor and solidified in horizontal layers in a process similar to that which forms stalactites in