About the product:

💎 Mineral Type/ Fossil: Turritella Cluster/ Marine fossil found primarily in faluns, a sedimentary deposit dating from the Middle Miocene (about 15 million years ago), located primarily in western France, particularly in Anjou, Touraine, and Brittany.

🌍 ⛏️ Origin: France (Mer des Faluns, Seine-et-Marne - 77)

📐 Dimensions: 130 millimeters x 180 x 70

⚖️ Weight: 656 grams

✨ Colors/ Clarity: Beige White / opaque

🪄 Finish: Natural

🔬 Treatment: None

🧾 Certificate: From Gem & Zen

🎁 Comes with a certificate, ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

📌 What are Faluns?

Faluns are fossil-rich shelly sands formed in a warm, shallow sea that partially covered this region during the Miocene. This sea teemed with marine life: mollusks, corals, shark teeth, sea urchins, and other invertebrates.

🐚 Shell midden fossils

A fossil shell midden is a natural accumulation of fossilized marine mollusk shells. These middens often reflect rapid sedimentation in a marine environment rich in benthic fauna.

We typically find there:

• Bivalves (e.g.: Glycymeris, Pecten)
• Gastropods (e.g. Natica, Turritella)
• Sometimes remains of crustaceans, echinoderms, shark teeth or fragments of coral.

📍 Where can we find them?

• The faluns are found in particular in:
• Southern Brittany (around Rennes, Redon)
• Maine-et-Loire (Doué-la-Fontaine)
• Touraine (Savigné-sur-Lathan)
• The Loire basin
• Beautiful piece for a collection, exhibition, study, etc.

📋 Mineralogical sheet:

Category	Information

Name	Turritella (marine gastropod fossil)

Color

Beige, light brown to dark brown, sometimes with yellow or orange undertones

Family

Mollusk fossil (gastropod)

Crystal system

N/A (limestone fossil)

Hardness (Mohs)

3 – 4 (depends on fossilized limestone)

Chakra

Root 🖤 and Sacral Plexus 🧡

Main virtues

- Stone of stability and rooting - Promotes patience, perseverance and grounding - Helps channel energy and emotions - Stimulates creativity and introspection

Associated signs

Capricorn ♑, Taurus ♉, Cancer ♋

Purification

- Fumigation (sage, incense) - Clear water (quick rinse) - Sounds (Tibetan bowl)

Recharging

- Moonlight 🌙 - On quartz druse or Flower of Life

Little story / peculiarity

Turritella is a marine fossil dating back millions of years, often used as a protective amulet and grounding stone . In lithotherapy, it is considered a stone of patience and wisdom , recalling the passage of time and stability in the face of change.