jasper fossils

Historical information

Presumed found in the Buchan area.
Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013

Significance

Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history. This fossil is part of the geological history of East Gippsland

Physical description

Ttwo pieces of jasper fossil. Genus-nautiloidea, family-cephalopoda, order - mollusca. Fossil of a cuttlefish like animal- head and tentacles protruding from one end of the long tubular shell. This is in red jasper. The small fossil piece has been polished.

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