Double Eurypterus remipes (Sea Scorpion) ec824443c95d0e87cc3e574f9cdc918c 60's & 70's Dave Douglass

60's & 70's Dave Douglass began his passion for fossil collecting in an area known as the Braidwood / Mazon Creek fossil beds in Illinois

a violet stone is colored by vanadium

(about 150 to 180 million years ago)

000 years ago with a few notable exceptions

which are magnified 10x to grade their clarity

Double Eurypterus remipes (Sea Scorpion) ec824443c95d0e87cc3e574f9cdc918c 60's & 70's Dave DouglassEurypterids, commonly known as Sea Scorpions, are an extinct group of arthropods that are related to arachnids and include the largest known arthropods to have ever lived. Prevalent during the Silurain and Devonian ages, eurypterids were segmented aquatic arthropods, with compound eyes, and two club like claws. Some species exhibit toothed claws, and may therefore have been predators. Though they are globally dispersed, eurypterid fossils are uncommon