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I tend to think of Rock and Minerals as a magazine as opposed to a journal, but since I can't get through its paid firewall, I am curious if anyone has a PDF of the following: Donovan, Stephen K. & D. T. L. Littlewood (1993) Late Cenozoic Reef Mollusk Faunas from Jamaica. Rocks & Minerals Vol. 68(4): 226-231. Thanks Mike
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Our first full day of sun, sand, and surf in Jamaica bumped up against some fossils, and pseudofossils. In this area (St Ann’s Parish), more than 75% of the rock here is limestone spanning from the Cretaceous to periods in the Cenozoic. Not far from me is the Blue Mountains, the highest altitude on the island (we’re planning on a day trip to see the coffee cultivators and a 12 mile downhill bike ride). Given the abundance of limestone, it is no surprise that it features prominently in a lot of building material. Here is some fossil coral in some large, raw blocks: